How to Read a Tree Quotes

“At its core, geography is the local study of change.” --- Rita Gardner”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“There is a feeling of trespass when you know none of the dead in a graveyard.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“The dwarfed and malformed conifers that cling to life in these high cold zones are called krummholz, a German word meaning “twisted wood.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“Conifers evolved before broadleaves and have a simpler structure, which can be seen in the grain. Conifer stumps tend to rot from the outside inward, broadleaves from the inside outward. Cedars are the conifer exception: They rot from the inside.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“Monopodial trees Most conifers Beech Holly Ash Prunus family, including cherry Dogwood Sympodial trees Plane Oak Maple Birch Elm Linden Sycamore Willow”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“The formal name for straight branch growth is “monopodial” and for the zigzag effect, “sympodial.” Beeches are monopodial and so are most conifers. Oaks are sympodial.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“Poplars, cherries, and oaks have leaves and branches that alternate. Maples and ashes have opposing leaves and branches.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“Evolution kills off bad strategies.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“A clever tree solves a problem. A wise tree avoids it.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves