The Living Earth Book of North American Trees

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nORTH AMERICAN
TREES
by Gerald Jonas
THE BIGGEST AND OLDEST LIVING THINGS ON EARTH ARE TREES. THE RECORD HOLDERS ARE ALL FOUND ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT, WHERE—SINCE THE GLACIERS OF THE LAST ICE AGE RECEDED 10,000 YEARS AGO—CONDITIONS HAVE FAVORED THE EXUBERANT GROWTH OF TREES AND OF THOSE EXTENSIVE ARBOREAL COMMUNITIES WE CALL FORESTS.
Trees play a vital role in the landscape around us as well as in the global environment. Trees also shape the human experience, asserting powerful influences on our lives in biological, economic, and spiritual ways.
This one-volume reference library, packed with over 400 photographs, explores the special part that trees have played in the lives of early American Indians, how forests played pivotal roles in the development of the United States and Canada, and the importance of trees today and for the next generation—in terms of both individual trees in the yard and garden and vast expanses of scientifically managed forests.
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Fülszöveg

nORTH AMERICAN
TREES
by Gerald Jonas
THE BIGGEST AND OLDEST LIVING THINGS ON EARTH ARE TREES. THE RECORD HOLDERS ARE ALL FOUND ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT, WHERE—SINCE THE GLACIERS OF THE LAST ICE AGE RECEDED 10,000 YEARS AGO—CONDITIONS HAVE FAVORED THE EXUBERANT GROWTH OF TREES AND OF THOSE EXTENSIVE ARBOREAL COMMUNITIES WE CALL FORESTS.
Trees play a vital role in the landscape around us as well as in the global environment. Trees also shape the human experience, asserting powerful influences on our lives in biological, economic, and spiritual ways.
This one-volume reference library, packed with over 400 photographs, explores the special part that trees have played in the lives of early American Indians, how forests played pivotal roles in the development of the United States and Canada, and the importance of trees today and for the next generation—in terms of both individual trees in the yard and garden and vast expanses of scientifically managed forests.
Here is a thoroughly captivating exploration of the trees and forest systems of the United States and Canada:
• The tree in myth and legend, and as symbol.
• The tree as a biological system, and its relation to forest, wildlife, and the environment.
• The tree as a resource, from logging to landscaping to the art of fine wood-workhig.
• The tree as endangered species, and how conservation and preservation benefit the forest and humankind.
• A fact-filled Tree Idenlificalion Guide to more than 100 North American species, illustrated with color photographs. Vissza