Trees in Britain

by Phillips, Roger

• ISBN13: 9781529082227
• ISBN10: 1529082226
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-11-17
• Publisher: Macmillan UK

Summary

Beautiful and comprehensive, Trees of Britain is the essential guide for all admirers of the natural world, from the acclaimed and award-winning Roger Phillips.

This book enables you to identify all of the trees found in Britain, from the familiar to the exotic and contains more than 1,000 full-color photographs. Each tree is illustrated in full detail - by leaf, flower, fruit, bark, and mature tree shape - and is fully described in the text. A unique leaf index makes the identification of trees simple and accurate. The trees are arranged alphabetically by Latin name and an index of common names concludes the book. An indispensable companion for both the enthusiast and the botanist.

This is the ultimate photographic guide to the trees of Britain.

Author Biography

Roger Phillips is an award-winning photographer with a reputation spanning thirty years. He has consistently pioneered the use of colour photography for the reliable identification of natural history subjects, and has written more than twenty books dedicated to this purpose including Wild Flowers: Of Britain and Ireland, Vegetables, Mushrooms and Wild Food. He has written and presented two major six-part TV series on gardening for the BBC and Channel 4. He received an MBE for his work on London’s garden squares.