Arboriculture publications

[tony_t3d]

Hi all. I am looking for any recommendations for books on arboriculture. Mainly tree identification and common diseases.

 

I have seen a few online, I just wondered any in particular were recommended.

 

Thanks in advance Tony

 

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[Gary Prentice]

Collins for identification,  Collins tree guide by David More & Owen Johnson. <£20

 

Tree pests and diseases, an arborists field guide. And Fungi on trees- an arborists field guide. Both from the Arb assoc £15.95 each

 

 

Or Diseases of trees and shrubs, second edition by Sinclair, Lyon and Johnson. @£70 really good book

[Steve Bullman]

Second on Collins guide.  The ident book by Roger Phillips is also excellent.

 

One of my favourite books for general

knowledge is called 'trees, and their natural history' or something.  Not home to check on the author 

[Mark J]

As above,  These are worth a look too:

 

Edited August 29, 2017 by Mark J

[tony_t3d]

Thanks for the advice I'll have a look at them. I have a few tree identification books but none of them have and real information about the different species. And I have very limited knowledge of diseases.

I would like to know more. Is there any online course for this?

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[Gary Prentice]

6 hours ago, Mark J said:

As above,  These are worth a look too:

 

Yep, Bob Watson is a good tree book, I don't think it's much use for identifications

I'll have a look for the Collins one, I don't have that. Sinclairs book is a goldmine though, with a CD Rom include just for references to other articles and papers. Buy a botanical/zoological dictionary with it, it's very in depth.

[Mark J]

31 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Yep, Bob Watson is a good tree book, I don't think it's much use for identifications

I'll have a look for the Collins one, I don't have that. Sinclairs book is a goldmine though, with a CD Rom include just for references to other articles and papers. Buy a botanical/zoological dictionary with it, it's very in depth.

Sinclairs' book looks really good.  Thanks.  I agree Watson's isn't really an ID book, but I think it helps to have some arboricultural knowledge when looking at pests and diseases.

[Gary Prentice]

Definitely, I only commented because the original post had asked about ID books specifically 

 

Not an Id or disease book, but I read 'Trees' by Roland Ennos recently. A very good read for £15

[Gary Prentice]

12 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Sinclairs' book looks really good.  

It is, a bit pricy but something you'd probably pick up to research something in ten years time. 

 

The missus asked last week why I needed more tree books (around 200 and counting), but I just keep finding ones that I 'need'. 

[Mark J]

18 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

It is, a bit pricy but something you'd probably pick up to research something in ten years time. 

 

The missus asked last week why I needed more tree books (around 200 and counting), but I just keep finding ones that I 'need'. 

I have a dedicated bookcase.  Before long I'll have another...