The life and history of the the oldest natural tree, African Boabab, from its early Madagascan beginnings to present day.Baobab trees are living monuments, the oldest natural things in Africa, outlasting...
A new addition to the Pocket Guide series on Zambia, this book features 141 common tree species occurring in the country. Species descriptions include key ID pointers – bark, leaves, flowers, fruit – and are accompanied by full-color photographs of the tree and and its parts, a distribution map, and places for best viewing.
How Ireland Lost its Forests and How to Get them Back
by Paul McMahon
Price: $21.99
ISBN: 9781848408791
Publisher: New Island Books
Pub Date: 2023-06-11
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
225 Pages
This comprehensive and engaging overview of the history of Irish forestry relates historical events to present-day concerns and controversies, drawing out general themes that echo throughout the centuries. It will appeal to anyone who cares about the Irish landscape and environment.
In this comprehensive directory, you’ll find garden plants organized according to type with hands-on advice for identifying the mystery interlopers in your borders, and information about their height, spread, flowering period and toxicity.
This is a photographic guide to 136 East African plants with important medicinal applications. This fully revised edition of the book first published in 2010 features 600 photographs; updated species accounts; medicinal uses and remedies; and the pharmacological properties and chemistry of the various plant parts.
Ecologist Richard Nairn buys a small woodland and allows it to go back to nature. A fascinating account of a typical year in a native Irish forest, its moods and seasons and wildlife secrets. This book is an important and timely reminder to pay attention to what nature can teach us.
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