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History of a Tree
Not a field guide, but the history of how we discovered a tree or shrub species, made use of it, cropped its fruit, bark, leaves, used the timber and so on. Banana is a herb, but is allowed as an honourable exception.
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The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
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The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World
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Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist
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Apricot village: Further reminiscences of the Aynho gardener
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The Plant-Lore and Garden-Craft of Shakespeare
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The Man Who Climbs Trees
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Nature's Allies: Eight Conservationists Who Changed Our World
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Land on Fire: The New Reality of Wildfire in the West
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Gary Ferguson (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 216 ratings
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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
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What Should a Clever Moose Eat?: Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods
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Profitable Forestry
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Deforestation: Social Dynamics in Watersheds and Mountain Ecosystems
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The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
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Thor Hanson (Goodreads Author)
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Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia
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Lukas Straumann (Goodreads Author)
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The Year Yellowstone Burned: A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective
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Meetings with Remarkable Trees
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Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles
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