(Exploring The Treeline - Continued)
Every page contains fascinating insights into the natural history of our planet and human activity in all its frailty. You travel to places you’ve never seen. The 47-year old Welsh author first drives to the near-treeless north of Scotland – known by the Romans as Caledonia or “wooded heights” – where recent projects have attempted to “re-wild” the hills by planting trees. Then he moves east across Scandanavia, Russia, and North America, combining myth and science as he goes. You’ll encounter familiar and less-known trees, watch them compete for dominance, wonder at the paths of seed migration, and be called to decide which of the competing species best deserves to be called natural.
With its fascinating forest lore, the book is well researched and personally told. A delightful, illustrated glossary of 10 key tree species will improve your tree literacy, and may introduce varieties you’d like to invite to your property. However you use the book, you will read it as if your life – and your descendants’ – depends on it.
Every page contains fascinating insights into the natural history of our planet and human activity in all its frailty. You travel to places you’ve never seen. The 47-year old Welsh author first drives to the near-treeless north of Scotland – known by the Romans as Caledonia or “wooded heights” – where recent projects have attempted to “re-wild” the hills by planting trees. Then he moves east across Scandanavia, Russia, and North America, combining myth and science as he goes. You’ll encounter familiar and less-known trees, watch them compete for dominance, wonder at the paths of seed migration, and be called to decide which of the competing species best deserves to be called natural.
With its fascinating forest lore, the book is well researched and personally told. A delightful, illustrated glossary of 10 key tree species will improve your tree literacy, and may introduce varieties you’d like to invite to your property. However you use the book, you will read it as if your life – and your descendants’ – depends on it.