Trees of Australia

Author: Peter Krisch
Publisher: Reed New Holland
ISBN: 9781921517525
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This title in New Holland s award-winning Green Guides series investigates the ever-popular subject of Australia s trees and shrubs, celebrating the beauty, great diversity and unique evolution of the country s forests.The structure of this book is similar to that of other titles in the series.Fact panels cover interesting aspects of the subject.Questions answered include:what is the difference between a tree and a shrub? what age can Australian trees reach?how tall do trees grow in Australia?and how many species of trees and shrubs exist in Australia? to name just a few.Other sections look at how trees reproduce and how they evolved.Identification spreads cover all the key species and families which occur across Australia, including many species of conifers, eucalypts and wattles/acacias.There are sections on how to identify bottlebrushes, banksias, casuarinas, grevilleas, figs, laurels and many others, including many of the trees and shrubs found in Australia s species-rich rainforests.The many beautiful images are taken from the author s own collection which has been built up over many decades.

Key Guide to Australian Trees

Author: Leonard Cronin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780730102526
Category : Trees
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
Colour plates and tree descriptions - Leaf shapes - Flower parts and leaf arrangements_

A Field Guide to Australian Trees

Author: Ivan Holliday
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description

Rainforests of Australia's East Coast

Author: Peter Krisch
Publisher: Reed New Holland
ISBN: 9781925546293
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Rainforests of Australia's East Coast is aimed primarily at the reader group of more than 500,000 active bushwalkers in Australia. A large percentage of bushwalkers visit all subforms of rainforests on a regular basis and identification of plant species is a common subject. The book is written in a comprehensible, engaging style and employs descriptive illustrations and photos to raise the interest into the great diversity, primeval origins and uniqueness of Australian rainforests. The many beautiful images are taken from the author's own collection which has been built up over many decades. Photos of widely distributed rainforest species including mosses, ferns, mushrooms and lichens together with informative texts enable the reader to identify species commonly encountered. Easy to use identification keys to the major plant groups and fungi are provided. The book demonstrates that rainforests are self-sustaining ecosystems that rely on a myriad of associations to reproduce and survive. It will be a valuable information source for bushwalkers, for anyone with an interest in Australia's native flora, and also for readers involved in outdoor activities such as gardening and horticulture.

Australian Rainforest Fruits

Author: William Cooper
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 064310786X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen from Cape York to Victoria, with some species also found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and overseas. Rainforest fruits are often beautifully coloured, and in this guide the species are arranged by colour of ripe fruit, then by size and form. Five broad categories – pink to purple, blue to black, yellow and orange to red, green to brown, and white – allow people with even limited botanical knowledge to identify rainforest fruits. Each species description is accompanied by a leaf drawing, a distribution map, and diagnostic characters to help the reader distinguish similar species. Australian Rainforest Fruits includes stunning artwork by Australia’s leading natural history artist, William T Cooper. It will be sought not just by bushwalkers and natural history enthusiasts, but also by those who admire botanical art at its best.

A Field Guide to Australian Trees

Author: Ivan Holliday
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Classification of Australian trees according to the environemnt from snow country to desert country._

Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Trees

Author: Leonard Cronin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781761470233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An authoritative and indispensable guide to Australia's fascinating trees, fully updated and revised.

Australia's Mangroves

Author: Norman C. Duke
Publisher: MER
ISBN: 0646461966
Category : Mangrove ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
"The Australian coastline is 18% occupied by a very special and beneficial habitat of extraordinary trees and larger shrubs bathed regularly by flooding tides and washing waves. This practical guide describes each of these highly adapted plants." - - Back cover.

Trees

Author: Tony Rodd
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520256507
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
Beautifully illustrated and designed, this gorgeous reference book explores the world of trees from every perspective--from the world's great forests to the lifespan of a single leaf. Arresting color photographs of a wide variety of trees and close-ups of many of their remarkable features provide an enormous amount of information in a highly accessible format. The volume illustrates how trees grow and function, looks at their astounding diversity and adaptations, documents the key role they play in ecosystems, and explores the multitude of uses to which we put trees--from timber and pharmaceuticals to shade and shelter. A highly absorbing read cover to cover or dipped into at random, Trees: A Visual Guide delves into many specific topics: the details of flowers, bark, and roots; profiles of favorite trees; how animals and insects interact with trees; trees in urban landscapes; the role trees play in our changing climate; deforestation and reforestation; and much more. With clear diagrams, illustrations, and intriguing sidebars on many featured topics, this unique volume is a complete visual guide to the magnificence of the arboreal world.

Growing Green Guide

Author: Victoria. Department of Environment and Primary Industries
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781743267141
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
The information published in this guide is provided by the Growing Green Guide partners (City of Melbourne, City of Stonnington, City of Yarra, City of Port Phillip, the State of Victoria and The University of Melbourne) to disseminate information in regards to the design, construction and maintenance of green roofs, walls and facades.