Michigan Trees: A Guide to the Trees of the Great Lakes ...
must have for Great Lakes area tree enthusiasts The new edition of Michigan Trees has lots of goodies--including colorized maps of serficial geology and vegetation communities, new species, and information about chromosome numbers for each species. ... [... more]
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Best Trees for Your Garden
Very readable The writer has extensive horticultural experience at prestigious institutions in England, Canada and the US. He brings this life experience and background to this book, and he is able to relate to gardeners in the climates and conditions of ... [... more]
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A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and ...
the one No mere Peterson field guide, this scholarly work is a concise encyclopedia of all the trees native to the northeastern United States, with descriptions that can truly be used to tell them apart (a unique feat). Belongs in the backpack of any ... [... more]
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Enduring Roots: Encounters with Trees, History, and the ...
If there is a middle ground between wilderness and civilization, a place where nature and humankind can be reconciled, historian Gayle Samuels suggests, it is to be found in an orchard. "Orchards," she writes, "combine the seeming ... [... more]
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Insects That Feed on Trees and Shrubs
Well worth it! This book is on my "short list" of essential references. Species are covered in clear, concise descriptions. This well organized volume makes hunting for similar species as easy as turning a page. The photos? I can't say enough ... [... more]
CDN$94.50
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The Book of Swamp and Bog: Trees, Shrubs, and ...
Unique resource for understanding this ecosystem The authors' love of nature and years of experience clearly show in this unique field guide. Most books have an encyclopedic and repetitive approach. In contrast, this book looks at the individual plants ... [... more]
CDN$23.95
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Trees: Their Natural History
Root and branch! Trees: Their Natural History by Peter Thomas is a significant book for any student of trees or enthusiast for dendrology. The structure, function and life-cycle of trees is covered with warmth, perception and with authority. The writing ... [... more]
CDN$44.95
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Trees And Town Gardens
In urban environments trees get a raw deal by and large. They have so much more to cope with than their rural counterparts. Surrounded by concrete, fast moving traffic, pollution and not least by the laying of many service pipes and cables, which ... [... more]
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Shelf Fungus On Trees
Trees are subject to different types of wood rotting fungal diseases which severely affect their structural integrity. The extent of internal decay from these diseases is usually not evident from the outside. What ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 8
Actually, the whole project began eight years ago, when we made an addition to our house. A group of trees - a large oak (Quercus) and four dogwoods (Cornus florida) - who had been at the very edge of the woodland, ended up in an area we call our ... [... more]
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Winter Injury: When Your Trees Are Cracking Up!
A tree's trunk can develop slits or split areas when there are wide fluctuations in the temperatures and this typically occurs on the sunny south or west side of the tree. This cracking occurs because the tree's trunk is warm on one side and ... [... more]
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Trees In Urban Settings
Functional characteristics enhance the tree's chances of survival, and make it a pleasure to be around. Urban trees must tolerate above average root disturbance, due to likelyhood of road and buildingworks nearby. Factors such as leaf and fruit ... [... more]
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