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245 14 a| The tree :b| a natural history of what trees are, how they live, and why they matter /c| Colin Tudge.;

250 a| 1st U.S. ed.;

300 a| xix, 459 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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500 a| "Originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britian by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, in 2005"--T.p. verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-414) and index.;

505 0 a| What is a tree? -- How trees became -- Wood -- All the trees in the world: Trees without flowers: the conifers -- Trees with flowers: magnolias and other primitives -- From palms and screw pines to yuccas and bamboos -- The monocot trees -- Thoroughly modern broadleaves -- From oaks to mangoes: the glorious invention of rose-like eudicots -- From handkerchief trees to teak: the daisy-like eudicots -- The life of trees: How trees live -- Which trees live where, and why -- The social life of trees: war or peace? -- Trees and us -- The future with trees --;

505 0 a| Illustrations: The Buddha receiving enlightenment under a peepul tree -- Judas tree -- Jungle scene -- Dicksonia -- All land plants graph -- Cycad -- Ginko -- Young yew -- Bristlecone pine -- Juniper -- Magnolias and other primitives -- Tulip tree -- The flowering plant orders -- Dragon tree -- The monocots -- Young royal palm -- Double coconut palm -- Bamboos -- Traveler's palm -- Large cacti -- The eudicots -- Baobab -- The rosids -- Banyan -- Beech -- Birch -- Handkerchief tree -- The asterids -- Cannonball tree -- Teak -- Holly -- Mangroves -- Coastal redwoods rerooting themselves -- Continental drift -- Fig -- Bat pollination -- The syconium (fruit) of a fig -- Agroforestry.;

650 0 a| Trees.=| ^A38478;

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The tree : a natural history of what trees are, how they live, and why they matter / Colin Tudge.

Author/creator	Tudge, Colin
Format	Book
Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Publication Info	New York : Crown Publishers, ©2006.
Description	xix, 459 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	Trees.

Contents	What is a tree? -- How trees became -- Wood -- All the trees in the world: Trees without flowers: the conifers -- Trees with flowers: magnolias and other primitives -- From palms and screw pines to yuccas and bamboos -- The monocot trees -- Thoroughly modern broadleaves -- From oaks to mangoes: the glorious invention of rose-like eudicots -- From handkerchief trees to teak: the daisy-like eudicots -- The life of trees: How trees live -- Which trees live where, and why -- The social life of trees: war or peace? -- Trees and us -- The future with trees --
Contents	Illustrations: The Buddha receiving enlightenment under a peepul tree -- Judas tree -- Jungle scene -- Dicksonia -- All land plants graph -- Cycad -- Ginko -- Young yew -- Bristlecone pine -- Juniper -- Magnolias and other primitives -- Tulip tree -- The flowering plant orders -- Dragon tree -- The monocots -- Young royal palm -- Double coconut palm -- Bamboos -- Traveler's palm -- Large cacti -- The eudicots -- Baobab -- The rosids -- Banyan -- Beech -- Birch -- Handkerchief tree -- The asterids -- Cannonball tree -- Teak -- Holly -- Mangroves -- Coastal redwoods rerooting themselves -- Continental drift -- Fig -- Bat pollination -- The syconium (fruit) of a fig -- Agroforestry.
General note	"Originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britian by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, in 2005"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-414) and index.
LCCN	2006006261
ISBN	1400050367
ISBN	9781400050369

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