Literature

[peds]

Hey dudes,

 

I've just invested in a Collins Tree Guide, solid and reliable; a copy of "Trees: a complete guide to their biology and structure" by Roland Ennos (which is absolutely fascinating); and Claus Mattheck's "Tree Mechanics, explained with sensitive words by Pauli the Bear" which, despite the easy-to-understand cartoons, is a little above my comprehension and the information is currently bouncing off of my brain like water on a rock, but I can't wait to grasp what the hell it's saying as I get a bit more experience with trees.

 

Can anyone recommend any other titles that I could look out for to help me grow my arborilogical knowledge? Fact, fiction, reference, tangentially-related, any suggestions are gratefully received.

 

Cheers everyone!

[peds]

[tree-fancier123]

All three Jeff Jepson books for practical stuff - Knots at Work, Tree Climbers Companion and To Fell A Tree

Art and Science of Practical Rigging or 'Best Practices for Rigging in Arboriculture'

 

Your tree biology book looks a good intro, another intro level one is Bob Watsons 'Trees - their use, management, cultivation and biology'

A £50 book I haven't bought yet out this year looks good if you want more on what a tree is 'Applied tree biology' Andrew Hirons + Peter Thomas, won't help you earn money with a saw, but may push you sideways into a white coat and you'll end up buying a microscope. Also by Peter Thomas and a good overview 'Trees - their Natural History'

 

Lonsdale 'Principles of Tree Hazard Assessment and Management' is good for fungi as well as the failures they cause. Contains info on all sorts of damage that can happen to trees, e.g the 'hazard beam'

Edited October 20, 2018 by tree-fancier123

[peds]

Brilliant, thanks for the recommendations, I thought I had put Tree Climbers Companion into my basket the last bit of shopping I did at Northern Arb Supplies, but I was wrong. I'll definitely get that, and at least one of his others.

 

The Andrew Hirons book sounds interesting, I'll look into it. Cheers.

[Mark J]

+1 For the Bob Watson book.

[jfc]

The arb association publish Fungi on Trees, an arborists field guide. Its about £15 quid and has great colour photos to help Id them.