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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Discover the secrets and beauty of the world?s rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs. Did you know that the resin of the dragon tree was so prized that it was used and traded as medicine by the Roman Empire? Or that the Bornean ironwood is one of the only timbers dense enough to sink in water? Trees have adapted to thrive on steep mountains, high in cloud forests, on dry savannahs, in parched deserts, and in tropical wetlands. Our own human history?and our future?are interwoven with the trees that define the character and environments of our green planet. Rare Trees offers a stunning visual presentation of 60 of the most fascinating, bizarre, and threatened tree species on the planet, from conifers to magnolias to oaks. With color photographs showing trees and their most unusual features, maps of growing regions, callouts of memorable facts, and examples of poignant cultural and historical uses by Indigenous populations, Rare Trees will give everyone who loves trees an armchair tour of unique specimens from around the globe. You will be inspired to help preserve this critical canopy of life.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Discover the secrets and beauty of the world?s rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs. Did you know that the resin of the dragon tree was so prized that it was used and traded as medicine by the Roman Empire? Or that the Bornean ironwood is one of the only timbers dense enough to sink in water? Trees have adapted to thrive on steep mountains, high in cloud forests, on dry savannahs, in parched deserts, and in tropical wetlands. Our own human history?and our future?are interwoven with the trees that define the character and environments of our green planet. Rare Trees offers a stunning visual presentation of 60 of the most fascinating, bizarre, and threatened tree species on the planet, from conifers to magnolias to oaks. With color photographs showing trees and their most unusual features, maps of growing regions, callouts of memorable facts, and examples of poignant cultural and historical uses by Indigenous populations, Rare Trees will give everyone who loves trees an armchair tour of unique specimens from around the globe. You will be inspired to help preserve this critical canopy of life.…

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Cover and edges may have some wear.

very good dust-jacket, attractive copy, large and heavy dark blue cloth, tiny ding at top of spine, NOT a remainder. OLDFIELD, SARA, 1955- / RIVERS, MALIN. Rare trees: the fascinating stories of the world's most threatened species. Sara Oldfield & Malin Rivers ; with contributions by Adrian Newton & Peter Wilkie. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2023, 399pp., . "The Global Trees Campaign tells the tales of the world's most rare, vaunted, important, and charismatic trees and the conservators and scientists they have working in the field to save them. The book will celebrate trees while drawing a broad audience's attention to their plight and the GTC's mission. The coauthors have interviewed international tree experts and weave tales full of interesting facts and sidebar factoids, bringing the GTC's work to life. Photos add richness and context to the narrative" - CONTENTS: Introduction -- Trees and their ecosystems. Tropical rainforests ; Tropical cloud forests ; Tropical dry forests ; Temperate and boreal forests ; Islands -- Trees and their uses. Medicine, poisons, and perfumes ; Precious timbers and music woods ; Fruit and nut trees ; Ornamental trees -- Special tree groups. Conifers ; Magnolias ; Ashes ; Oaks ; Dipterocarps ; Palms ; Sapotaceae -- Epilogue. ISBN 9781604699524. …

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. 2023. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 399 pages. 10.00x8.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den Autor Sara Oldfield, OBE, is a botanist and biodiversity consultant and chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature/Species Survival Commission (IUCN/SSN) Global Tree Specialist Group, responsible for p.