Description - Green Guide to Trees of Australia by Peter Krish
p>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./p> p>The structure of this book is similar to that of other titles in the series./p> p>Fact panels cover interesting aspects of the subject./p> p>Questions answered include:/p> ul> li>what is the difference between a tree and a shrub? /li> li>what age can Australian trees reach?/li> li>how tall do trees grow in Australia?/li> li>and how many species of trees and shrubs exist in Australia? to name just a few./li> /ul> p>Other sections look at how trees reproduce and how they evolved.br />Identification spreads cover all the key species and families which occur across Australia, including many species of conifers, eucalypts and wattles/acacias./p> p>br />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./p> p>br />The many beautiful images are taken from the author s own collection which has been built up over many decades./p>
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