Title:
How to read a tree : clues and patterns from bark to leaves : learn to navigate by branches, locate water with a leaf, and unlock other secrets in trees
Author:
Gooley, Tristan, author.
ISBN:
9781615199433
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Physical Description:
373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Contents:
magic isn't in the name -- tree is a map -- shapes we see -- missing branches -- Wind footprints -- trunk -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- roots -- Shape-shifting leaves -- Bark signs -- hidden seasons -- Lost maps and tree secrets
The art of reading trees: an introduction -- The magic isn't in the name -- A tree is a map -- The shapes we see -- The missing branches -- Wind footprints -- The trunk -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- The roots -- How to see a tree: an interlude -- Shape-shifting leaves -- Bark signs -- The hidden seasons -- Lost maps and tree secrets - The messages: an epilogue -- Appendix: Tree family identification.
Abstract:
Trees are keen to tell us so much: about themselves, the land, the water, the people, the animals, the weather, and time. To understand their story, you have to know how to read it. Gooley helps readers uncover the clues hiding in a tree's branches and leaves; its bark, buds, and flowers-- even in its stump. No two trees are exactly alike, and each difference reveals the story of how this tree lived-- if we stop to look closely. -- adapted from back cover
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