Lives of Conifers: A Comparative Account of the Coniferous Trees
Graham Powell has written an insightful and beautifully illustrated book on the lives of conifers. Everyone who works with, studies, and loves these trees will derive both knowledge and pleasure from learning about them in great detail. I have always had a special fondness for the conifers and their mystical and inspiring representatives like the massive redwoods and the bleak denizens of the boreal forests, the spruces. Powell’s book does them their well-deserved justice.(Graeme Berlyn, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies)The large-format book is packed with excellent color photographs and diagrams... admirable but quite specialized.(Choice)This volume is a must read for anyone interested in exploring or teaching about the lives of conifers.(James E. EckenwalderQuarterly Review of Biology)Well edited, well indexed, clearly written, illustrated with 685 color images, this book is a must for anyone dealing with trees of the northeastern United States and Canada and will be a valuable supplement in forestry and botany courses.(Lytton John MusselmanEconomic Botany)