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 / Tristan Gooley ; illustrated by Neil Gower.

By:

Gooley, Tristan [author.]

Contributor(s):

Gower, Neil [illustrator.]

Material type: Text

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781615199433
1615199438

Other title:

Clues and patterns from bark to leaves
Learn to navigate by branches, locate water with a leaf, and unlock other secrets in trees

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: How to read a treeDDC classification:

796.5 23/eng/20230223

LOC classification:

GV191.6 .G656 2023

Also available online.

Contents:

1. -- The magic isn't in the name -- 2. -- A tree is a map -- 3. -- The shapes we see -- 4. -- The missing branches -- 5. -- Wind footprints -- 6. -- The trunk -- 7. -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- 8. -- The roots -- 9. -- Shape-shifting leaves -- 10. -- Bark signs -- 11. -- The hidden seasons -- 12. -- 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.

Summary: "An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees, unveiling clues hidden in branches, roots, leaves, and more"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: 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

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 6 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	New Books	GV191.6 .G656 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	07/30/2024	3182700022967

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees, unveiling clues hidden in branches, roots, leaves, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

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

Also available online.