Forest Trees of Australia - Hardcover

Boland, D.J.; Brooker, M.I.H.; Chippendale, G.M.; Hall, N.; Hyland, B.P.M.; Johnston, R.D.; Kleinig, D.A.; Turner, J.D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0643054235 ISBN 13: 9780643054233

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing, 1984

Synopsis

This book describes and illustrates 223 of the most important native trees, selected because of their environmental significance, their importance to the timber industry, or because they are conspicuous in the landscape. The criteria used to select species were that they should be important to the timber industry, conspicuous in the landscape or of environmental importance. Consideration was given also to a range of species from across the Australian landscape eg for a large genus like Melaleuca, the main species from most Australian States were included. With these criteria a total of 137 euclaypt species and 86 non-eucalypt species were selected. This enlarged considerably the scope of the previous edition which contained 116 eucalypt and 15 non-eucalypt species. Of note is the increased number of non-eucalypt species, particularly of some important rainforest species, and new descriptions of several generic groups. Descriptions of the more important rainforest species were largely avoided, for various reasons, in previous editions of "Forest Trees of Australia". A special feature of the book is the extensive use of black and white photography to illustrate each species. This incorporated the novel use of flash photography to illustrate leaf venation and the use of scanning electron microgreaphs (S.E.M.) to illustrate finer botanical features, readily seen by the naked eye or with the aid of a small hand-lens but too small to be illustrated satisfactorily by normal macrophotographic techniques.

About this title

Book Description:

Forest Trees of Australia is the essential reference for observing, identifying and obtaining information on the native trees in this country. It describes and illustrates over 300 of the most important indigenous trees, which have been carefully selected for their environmental significance, their importance to the timber industry, or their prominence in the landscape. This new and thoroughly revised edition has been fully updated throughout and includes treatments of 72 additional species. New maps and photographs show a wonderfully diverse range of forests, from mangrove swamps, tropical regions and deserts, to alpine areas and majestic stands of temperate forests. A color section illustrates some of the major forest types of Australia and bark from a diverse range of species.

About the Author:

M.I.H. Brooker

About this edition

• Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0643054235
• ISBN 13: 9780643054233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 687