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Arbor Day Reads

  • Bland L.
  • Friday, April 22

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National Arbor Day is observed annually on the last Friday in April (4/29 this year), although South Carolina marks its own Arbor Day on the first Friday in December, since saplings planted at that time of year will have a better chance of becoming established before the brutal heat of summer arrives.

Books on trees are enjoying something of a vogue just now, which was kicked off a few years ago by German forester Peter Wohlleben’s best-selling The Hidden Life of Trees, in which he made startling claims for the intelligence and even the social lives of trees.  (He followed it up with The Heartbeat of Trees, about the importance of the human bond with nature and trees in particular.)

Another notable recent tree book is forest ecologist Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree, which looks at the role of certain trees in supporting and sustaining forests as a whole.  (Simard was the inspiration for a central character in Richard Powers’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Overstory.)

The following list includes explorations of the latest in tree science, identification guides, books on tree care and selection, cultural studies, and more.

National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America

National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America

Published in 2008
528 pages ; 20 cm
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The Trees of North America

The Trees of North America

Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece
Published in 2017
392 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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What Tree is That?

What Tree is That?

A Guide to the More Common Trees Found in North America
Published in 2009
149 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Essential Pruning Techniques

Essential Pruning Techniques

Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers
Brown, George E. (George Ernest), 1917-1980, author.
Published in 2017
404 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Wildwood

Wildwood

A Journey Through Trees
Deakin, Roger.
Published in 2009
xii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States

Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States

The Guide to Creating a Sustainable Landscape
Dove, Tony, author.
Published in 2018
xviii, 312 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Around the World in 80 Trees

Around the World in 80 Trees

Drori, Jonathan, author.
Published in 2018
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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The Songs of Trees

The Songs of Trees

Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
Haskell, David George, author.
Published in 2017
xi, 292 pages ; 22 cm
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Seeing Trees

Seeing Trees

Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees
Hugo, Nancy R.
Published in 2011
242 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Urban Forests

Urban Forests

A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape
Jonnes, Jill, 1952- author.
Published in 2016
xx, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The Glory of the Tree

The Glory of the Tree

An Illustrated History
Kingsbury, Noël, author.
Published in 2014
288 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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Hidden Natural Histories. Trees

Hidden Natural Histories. Trees

The Secret Properties of 150 Species
Kingsbury, Noël, author.
Published in 2015
224 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Sprout Lands

Sprout Lands

Tending the Endless Gift of Trees
Logan, William Bryant, author.
Published in 2019
xiv, 332 pages ; 24 cm
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A Sanctuary of Trees

A Sanctuary of Trees

Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions
Logsdon, Gene.
Published in 2012
vi, 237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
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Trees in Trouble

Trees in Trouble

Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change
Mathews, Daniel, 1948- author.
Published in 2020
pages cm
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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees

More, David.
Published in 2013
832 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Trees of North America

Trees of North America

The Complete Identification Reference to Trees- with Full-color Photographs Displaying Leaf Shape, Bark, Flowers, and Fruit; Updated Range Maps; and Conservation Status
National Audubon Society.
Published in 2021
591 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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Trees of Eastern North America

Trees of Eastern North America

Nelson, Gil, 1949- author.
Published in 2014
720 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
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The Treeline

The Treeline

The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
Rawlence, Ben, author.
Published in 2022
306 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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American Canopy

American Canopy

Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
Rutkow, Eric.
Published in 2012
vii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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The Sibley Guide to Trees

The Sibley Guide to Trees

Sibley, David, 1961-
Published in 2009
xxxviii, 426 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
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Finding the Mother Tree

Finding the Mother Tree

Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Simard, S. (Suzanne), author.
Published in 2021
[xi], 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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The Heartbeat of Trees

The Heartbeat of Trees

Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author.
Published in 2021
258 pages ; 23 cm
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The Hidden Life of Trees

The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate
Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author.
Published in 2016
xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Trees

Trees

Between Earth and Heaven
Wolfe, Art, photographer.
Published in 2020
479 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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