[See isbn 9780754834755 for the new updated edition 2020.] A comprehensive guide to over 600 trees from the tropics and temperate worlds, with more than 800 photographs and illustrations. It features watercolour artworks of each tree through the seasons, and useful maps show the natural distribution of each tree.

Without trees there would be no life on Earth, and this colour-illustrated encyclopedia provides all you need to know about over 600 types of tree from all around the world. The book clearly explains what a tree is, how it lives, grows and dies, and how its constituent parts all play a role in its life cycle.