An Identification Guide to Trees of Britain & North-West Europe

by Ashton, Gail; Couzens, Dominic

• ISBN13: 9781913679453
• ISBN10: 1913679454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-09-04
• Publisher: John Beaufoy Publishing

Summary

An easy-to-use photographic identification guide to 89 species of tree most commonly found in Britain and North-West Europe. Dominic Couzens’ lively text draws out the main characteristics, describing the whole tree and its significant features. Gail Ashton’ s vivid photographs capture the trees in different seasons and her close-up details help distinguish the species. The introduction includes an overview of key identifying features, a month-by-month view of the changes in a tree’ s appearance and a glossary. Each species description includes a calendar showing the time when the trees show leaves, fruits and flowers, a description of the bark, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds, up to seven photographs showing distinguishing features, details of the life history of the species and its uses, and a fact file detailing height and similar species.

Author Biography

Gail Ashton is an award-winning wildlife photographer, writer and illustrator specialising in invertebrates. She photographed and co-authored An Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe and her work has been published in other books and magazines such as Countryfile, BBC Wildlife and BirdWatching. Dominic Couzens is an award-winning nature writer with nearly 50 books and hundreds of published articles to his name. His best-known books include An Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe, The Secret Lives of Garden Birds, Britain's Mammals (WildGuides), and A Year of Birdsong, while he contributes to magazines and newspapers, such as BirdWatching, The RSPB, Magazine, BBC Countryfile and The Guardian.