Treepedia (eBook)

A Brief Compendium of Arboreal Lore

Joan Maloof (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
152 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21824-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A captivating AZ treasury for the tree hugger in all of usTreepedia is an entertaining and fact-filled illustrated compendium of tree lore. Featuring nearly 100 entrieson topics ranging from tree ecology and conservation to the role of trees in religion, literature, art, and moviesthis enticing collection is a celebration of all things arboreal.In this charming book, Joan Maloof explains the difference between a cedar and a cypress, and reveals where to find the most remarkable trees on the planet. She tells the story behind the venerable Bodhi Tree, and describes peculiar species like baobabs and Fitzroya. Maloof profiles legendary conservationists such as Julia Butterfly Hill, John Muir, Wangari Maathai, and Ken Wu. She discusses reforestation, proforestation, emerald ash borers, the ents from The Lord of the Rings, culturally modified trees, the ill-fated and controversial Redwood Summer, and much more. The book's portable size makes it the perfect travel companion no matter where your love of the forest may lead you.With enchanting illustrations by Maren Westfall, Treepedia is a fun and informative book that is guaranteed to inspire anyone who has ever enjoyed a walk in the woods.Features a cloth cover with an elaborate foil-stamped designUses 100 percent recycled, uncoated, wood-free paper

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.9.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Pedia Books
• Reihe/Serie: Pedia Books
• Illustrationen: Maren Westfall
• Zusatzinfo: 43 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: Acer rubrum • Acer saccharum • Adirondack Mountains • American chestnut • arbor day • arborist • Banyan • barack obama • Beech • Bird reserve • Black gum • Bodhi Tree • Book • Botany • Bristlecone Pine • Burl • Carbon dioxide • Carbon Sequestration • Chestnut • climate change • Coconut • Coppicing • Copyright • Cultivar • death threat • Deciduous • Dendrochronology • Douglas fir • eastern United States • ecosystem • Eucalypt • Eucalyptus • Eucalyptus regnans • Evergreen • Ficus Religiosa • Fitzroya • forest floor • forestry • Fraxinus • frond • fungus • Ginkgo • Gratitude • hardwood • Hornbeam • insect • Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest • Juniperus communis • Juniperus virginiana • Leaf scar • Leyland cypress • Liriodendron • Liriodendron tulipifera • Logging • magnolia • Maple • Meristem • Metasequoia glyptostroboides • Molecule • Monocotyledon • Muir Woods National Monument • Mycorrhiza • Mycorrhizae • natural resource • North America • old-growth forest • Picea abies • Picea sitchensis • pinchot • Pine • Pinus longaeva • pinus palustris • Pinus strobus • pipe bomb • plant community • Princeton University Press • Pyrus calleryana • Quercus robur • redwood summer • Reforestation • Robert Kirk (folklorist) • seed bank • Sequoiadendron giganteum • Sequoia sempervirens • Sequoioideae • Shrub • Soil • spotted owl • Stoma • tannin • Thinning • thuja plicata • Tree • tree planting • turpentine • Vegetable • Vegetation • western north carolina • Wilderness Area • Wood
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21824-2 / 0691218242
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21824-3 / 9780691218243