City of trees
Subtitle: the complete field guide to the trees of Washington, D.C.
By: Melanie Choukas-Bradley ; illustrations by Polly Alexander.
Contributors: Alexander, Polly.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780813926889
Subjects: Trees in cities -- Washington (D.C.) -- Identification; Trees -- Washington (D.C.) -- Identification; Washington (D.C.) -- Guidebooks
Genres: Identification.; Guidebooks.
Description: Washington, D.C., boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and City of Trees has been the authoritative guide for locating, identifying, and learning about them for more than twenty-five years. The third edition is fully revised, updated, and expanded and includes an eloquent new foreword by the Washington Post's garden editor, Adrian Higgins.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The city is born: how Washington came to be known as the city of trees; title: Site guide to the city of trees; title: Botanical guide to the city of trees.