A complete and comprehensive field guide to the trees of Britain and Europe. Virtually all trees to be found in the UK, native and introduced, are covered in this identification guide.
Johnson, O. and More, D. 2004. Tree Guide. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. London. ISBN 0 00 713954 3
Hardback. 14x20cm. 464 pages.
Some 1600 types of tree are treated in this field guide: a remarkable feat for such a compact (though substantial) volume. This is the successor to the renowned
'Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Europe' written by Alan Mitchell and published in 1974.
The book begins with three short illustrated sections which will aid the identification of an unknown tree: the first is an illustrated catalogue of winter shoots for common or easily recognised trees; the second is an illustrated key to conifers by leaf shape; and the third is a pictorial key of broadleaved leaves.
By matching a specimen from the field against one of these illustrations, you can quickly find the section in the book likely to include the description of the tree you have found
By matching a specimen from the field against one of these illustrations, you can quickly find the section in the book likely to include the description of the tree you have found.
The illustrations in the keys and in the descriptive accounts are outstanding; with such a large number of species to cover, it would perhaps have been easier to rely on photographic illustrations, but instead all the illustrations are beautifully hand produced (invariably more useful in a field guide of any kind) and are of outstanding quality.
All the major taxa are illustrated in several respects including leaf, bark, fruit and tree shape.
These illustrations and the clear accompanying text make this the best and most comprehensive tree guide I have ever come acrossThese illustrations and the clear accompanying text make this the best and most comprehensive tree guide I have ever come across; a worthy member of the well established Collins field guide series.
