The tree
Subtitle: a natural history of what trees are, how they live, and why they matter
By: Colin Tudge
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9781400050369
Subjects: Naturgeschichte (Fach); Baum; Trees
Description: Looks at the world of trees, journeying around the world to explore the facts, characteristics, natural history, life cycles, evolution, and environmental impact of trees and forests.
Notes: "Originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, in 2005"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a tree?; title: Trees in mind : simple questions and complicated answers; title: Keeping track; title: How trees became; title: Wood; title: All the trees in the world: Trees without flowers: the conifers; title: Trees with flowers: magnolias and other primitives; title: From palms and screw pines to yuccas and bamboos; title: The monocot trees; title: Thoroughly modern broadleaves; title: From oaks to mangoes: the glorious invention of rose-like eudicots; title: From handkerchief trees to teak: the daisy-like eudicots; title: The life of trees: How trees live; title: Which trees live where, and why; title: The social life of trees: war or peace?; title: Trees and us; title: The future with trees.; title: Illustrations: The Buddha receiving enlightenment under a peepul tree; title: Judas tree; title: Jungle scene; title: Dicksonia; title: The names and times of ages past; title: All land plants; title: Cycad; title: Ginko; title: Young yew; title: Bristlecone pine; title: Juniper; title: Magnolia; title: Magnolias and other primitives; title: Tulip tree; title: The flowering plant orders; title: Dragon tree; title: The monocots; title: Young royal palm; title: Double coconut palm; title: Bamboos; title: Traveler's palm; title: Large cacti; title: The eudicots; title: Baobab; title: The rosids; title: Banyan; title: Beech; title: Birch; title: Handkerchief tree; title: The asterids; title: Cannonball tree; title: Teak; title: Holly; title: Mangroves; title: Costral redwoos; title: Continental drift; title: Coastal redwoods rerooting themselves; title: Continental drift; title: Fig; title: Bat pollination; title: The syconium (fruit) of a fig; title: Agroforestry.