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Trees : from root to leaf / Paul Smith ; foreword by Robert Macfarlane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, P. P. (Paul Philip), 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trees.
- Trees--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 319 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "In these pages, ecologist Paul Smith celebrates all that trees have inspired across nearly every human culture throughout history. Generously illustrated with over 450 images and organized according to tree life cycle--from seeds and leaves to wood, flowers, and fruit--this book celebrates the great diversity and beauty of the 60,000 tree species that inhabit our planet. Surprising photography and infographics will inspire readers, illustrating intricate bark and leaf patterns, intertwined ecosystems, colorful flower displays, archaic wooden wheels, and timber houses. Integral to science, art, and culture, fundamental and fragile, dependent and depended on, the vitality of trees is revealed like never before"--Book jacket flap.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Seeds
- Introduction
- Coconuts
- Architecture
- Size
- Dispersal Adaptations
- Distance Travelled
- Colour
- Fruits
- Seed Banks and the Seed Cathedral
- Millennium Seed Bank
- Heatherwick Studio's Seed Cathedral
- Leaves
- Biomimicry
- Art
- Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
- Shape
- Pattern
- Texture
- Defences
- Form
- Landscape Architecture
- Climatic Adaptations
- Tree Crown Mapping
- Oldest Living Species
- Bonsai Trees
- Root Systems
- Sentience and Mythology
- Spirituality
- Bark
- Adaptations
- Medicines and Uses
- Dyes
- Cork
- Resins, Gums and Latex
- Frankincense
- Tree Damage
- Wood
- Wayfarer's Chapel
- Trunk Layers
- Use of Timber through the Ages
- Wood Density
- Types of Timber
- The Mopane Tree
- Deforestation and Afforestation
- Design and Technology
- Flowers
- Figs
- Blossoms
- Pollination Methods
- Anatomy
- Origin of Different Flowering Tree Species
- Japan's Cherry Blossom Forecast
- Flower-viewing in Japan
- Hanami
- Fashion
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Size and Weight
- Most Popular Fruits by Production
- Apple Varieties
- Health Benefits
- Fruit-based Fashion
- Fruit Juices and Beverages
- Fruit and Alcohol
- Symbiosis
- Tree Symbionts
- Screw Pine of Madagascar
- Species Network
- Ferns
- Lichens and Mosses
- Threatened Tree Species
- Causes of Tree Extinction
- Decline in Tree Species
- Trees in Children's Literature
- Design
- Trees and Us
- Urban Planning
- Timber Houses
- The World's Forests
- Sacred Timber Buildings and Objects
- Tree-based Products
- Ecosystem Services
- The Global Tree Assessment
- Furniture
- Maple Tapping
- Chengdu City
- Further Reading
- Arboreta and Botanic Gardens
- About the Authors and Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- First published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by Thames & Hudson Ltd.
- ISBN:
- 0226824179
- 9780226824178
- OCLC:
- 1309956235
- Publisher Number:
- 99992230175
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