Trees of Britain and Ireland (eBook)

Jon Stokes (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2025
365 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22417-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A comprehensive photographic identification guide to all of the native trees and shrubs of Great Britain and Ireland and many of the common non-native speciesTrees of Britain and Ireland is packed with practical information, photos and illustrations that will help you identify trees throughout the year. It covers all of Great Britain and Ireland's native trees and shrubs as well as a range of ornamental and widely planted trees from other areas of the world. This guide also offers an overview of tree biology and ecology, describes the importance of trees as habitats and presents a brief history of British and Irish treescapes.Includes more than 3,000 photographs and 270 illustrations showing key identification features of each tree and highlighting some of the animals, plants, fungi and lichens that depend on itCovers all 113 native trees and shrubs, including all 42 currently recognised Whitebeam species, as well as 190 common non-native species and subspeciesFeatures keys that allow easy, accurate comparison of similar species, up-to-date distribution maps and charts that summarise when trees flower, fruit and leafExplains how you can help with practical tree conservation

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2025
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides of Britain & Europe
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides of Britain & Europe
• Zusatzinfo: 3,000 color photos. 270 illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: Ancient • Appearing leaves • Aroma • Autumn • Bark smooth • Base wedge shaped • Beech • berries • birch • Biserrate teeth • Broadly oval • Bud scales • Buds egg shaped • catkins • Cherry • clusters • cones • crown • Evergreen shrub • Features twigs • Finely toothed • greenish • Greyish • hawthorn • hedges • Leaf base wedge • leaflets • Leaf stalk • leaves • Lenticels • limestone • lobes • native species • needles • oak • Parks gardens • Pendent • Pine • poplar • Purple • Purplish • reddish • Scots pine • Scrub • seeds • Shallow • Shrub • Shrub tree • Sparsely hairy • spiny • Tree • Tree species • Trunk • Trunk girth • Twig leaves • twigs • Veins • Wedge • Wedge shaped • Wedge shaped leaf • whitebeam • Whitish • Willow • Winged seeds • Witha • Wood • woodland • Wood pasture • yellowish • yew
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22417-X / 069122417X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22417-6 / 9780691224176