Collins Complete Guide to British Trees: A Photographic Guide to every common species

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This comprehensive guide to British trees contains some of the finest original tree illustrations ever produced. Sample identification "Silver Birch Betula pendula (Betulaceae) height to 26m A slender, fast-growing deciduous tree with a narrow, tapering crown when young and growing vigorously.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The perfect accompaniment for a trip out into the woods, no nature lover’s bookshelf is complete without this guide to our wonderful trees. We hope you will be delighted with every purchase, but if not, we will offer you a replacement or a full refund - whatever the reason. The introduction contains illustrations of the main leaves, buds, and firs you are likely to find, which also provide the starting point for identification by leading you to a 'key' species.On pages 64-65 there is a "Places to Visit" list, with web addresses, listing natural woodlands and arboreta that the enthusiast might like to visit. The book also Includes sections on trees and woodlands, history of woodland management and conservation and threats to British woodland.

Pf particular use were "Basic Tree Biology", "Identifying Trees", "The Ecology of Trees and Woodland", "Winter Twig", "Comparing leaves" and "Comparing bark". All distributable profits from the RSPB's wholly owned subsidiary RSPB Sales Limited (registered office: The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, registered in England under company registration no. Sample identification section:Silver Birch Betula pendula (Betulaceae) height to 26mA slender, fast-growing deciduous tree with a narrow, tapering crown when young and growing vigorously. Includes sections on trees and woodlands, history of woodland management and conservation and threats to British woodland.This is the ideal pocket guide for travelling naturalists and tree enthusiasts alike and is an essential addition to every nature lover's bookshelves. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. The left hand page of each pair of pages shows leaves and fruit details and a textual description, whilst teh right hand page is a selection of photographs showing key diagnostic features.

Collins Pocket British Tree Guide is a comprehensive guide to British trees contains some of the finest original tree illustrations ever produced. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Every species is also comprehensively illustrated with photographs of every useful feature bark, leaf, seed, flower, twig and whole tree. As well as detailed photographs of leaves and fruit other features highlighted are flowers, bark, general outline of the tree/shrub and sometimes insects and fungi that may be associated. Although not as comprehensive as the other Collins tree guide, it's a handier size and I find it easier to ID from photographs than from drawings, so the two books go well together.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. This is a great book for identifying and learning about trees commonly found in Britain (native and non-native), and has an interesting section on ecology, tree biology, and uses of wood.