Good books...

[Bewarethemoon]

Anybody recommend a good book for Australian tree identification?

[sloth]

New Sylva looks a good'un. So many good books, so little book shelf space!

 

Anybody recommend a good book for Australian tree identification?

 

Nope, sorry...

[Gary Prentice]

New Sylva looks a good'un. So many good books, so little book shelf space!

...

 

Book collections expand to fill the available space, then you buy another bookcase:biggrin:

 

I'm on my third, one at home and two at work.

[Kveldssanger]

Reader's Digest (Nature Lover's Library) Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Britain is a stellar book. For close-ups of buds, it's probably one of the best I have come across. As a supplement to Roger Phillips' book and the Collins guide, this is wonderful.

 

Only £10 on webshops, too.

 

[Gary Prentice]

A bit in depth, but I'm currently reading this:

[sloth]

The title appeals is it an old book? Not come across it before...

[Two Acres]

Thanks for this thread, its a really good one

 

The tree books I have I find are not specific enough. Often the photos are from too far away, there are no pictures of bark, or buds, orr leaves, or the tree in winter, etc. Whats the best guide, in fact is there one, that has all those things?

[Kveldssanger]

Is it easy to read (Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plants Against Fungi)?

[Gnome]

Thanks for this thread, its a really good one

 

The tree books I have I find are not specific enough. Often the photos are from too far away, there are no pictures of bark, or buds, orr leaves, or the tree in winter, etc. Whats the best guide, in fact is there one, that has all those things?

 

The book I recommended on page 1 has close up photos of buds and bark as well as other identifyable features. There is also a comparisons with species which are sometimes confused. All in all a good book for £8.50 I have a similar book with line drawings but the colour photos are easier for me.

[Two Acres]

The book I recommended on page 1 has close up photos of buds and bark as well as other identifyable features. There is also a comparisons with species which are sometimes confused. All in all a good book for £8.50 I have a similar book with line drawings but the colour photos are easier for me.

 

Cheers Gnome, thats the next one I'll be buying then! I've got tired of buying them then finding they don't really work very well. Whats the book with line drwaings? I've been thinking that photos are maybe not as good as illustrations with trees because photos tend to be very specific to the one tree being photographed with all its individuality, if you know what I mean?