Dorling kindersley eyewitness books: tree/
David Burnie
- United States Dorling Kindersley Publishing 2000
- 63 pages; illustrations 28 cm
Includes index
What is a tree?---Broadleaved trees--Coniferous trees--Tropical trees--The birth of a tree--How trees grow---Putting down roots--The tree trunk--Bark- the outer skin---From bud to leaf--Simple leaves--Compound leaves---Needles and scales--Blowing in the wind---Insect-pollinated flowers--Animal-pollinated flowers---Fruit and berries---Seeds and nuts--Tropical fruit and nuts--Cones--Falling leaves--The death of a tree--Life among the leaves--Life in the leaf litter--Pollution and disease--From tree to timber--Working with wood--Tree care and management