Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa write by Braam van Wyk. This book was released on 2013-08-06. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This comprehensively updated and expanded edition of the region’s best-selling field guide to trees offers much, much more than the highly successful first edition. Fully updated text (including additional species entries) and distribution maps, numerous new photographs and a new 87-page section of full-tree photographs makes this well-loved guide even more indispensable in the field. Southern Africa has a rich variety of tree species, with an estimated 2 100 indigenous species and more than 100 naturalised aliens. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa describes and illustrates more than 1 000 of these, focusing on trees that are the most common and most likely to be encountered. Species are logically arranged in 43 groups based on easy-to-observe leaf and stem features, and each account is illustrated by full-colour photographs of the plant’s diagnostic parts. The text also touches on the practical uses of the plants.
Photo Guide to Trees of Southern Africa
Photo Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Photo Guide to Trees of Southern Africa write by Braam Van Wyk. This book was released on 2008. Photo Guide to Trees of Southern Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An invaluable identification and reference guide to 300 of the more common tree species in the region both native and naturalized
How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa
How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa write by Braam van Wyk. This book was released on 2019-05-01. How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book’s title says it all! Now in an updated second edition, it provides a clear understanding of how trees are constructed and what to look for when identifying a tree. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 describes and clearly illustrates the different parts of a tree and their role in tree identification. Part 2 features a key to 43 tree groups, based on easy-to-observe stem and leaf features. It carefully outlines each group and the southern African tree families represented in the different groups. Numerous colour photographs and explanatory illustrations support the text, making this an accessible and easy-to-use guide. How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa will equip readers with a sound understanding of how trees work and what to look for in order to make a positive ID. Sales points: Clear and explanatory introduction to tree identification; includes a tried and tested key to tree groups based on easy-to-observe features; new edition – updated to reflect latest taxonomic changes; ideal companion to field guides to trees.
Pocket List of Southern African Indigenous Trees
Pocket List of Southern African Indigenous Trees - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pocket List of Southern African Indigenous Trees write by . This book was released on 2001. Pocket List of Southern African Indigenous Trees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pocket list of Southern African indigenous trees is a complete and taxonomically inventory of all trees indigenous to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. A must for tree-spotters, plant lovers, gardeners and hikers, this definitive list of tree names and numbers is an aid to identification as well as a check on the correct spelling of botanical and common names. Features of this guide include: Currently accepted scientific names and frequently encountered botanical synonyms for all indigenous trees as well as selected shrubs and woody climbers. Standard and alternative common names in six of the more widely spoken languages in the region, namely Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu. Tree numbers for all entries. These are widely used as a handy means of marking trees along hiking trails, in nature reserves and at recreational resorts. Distribution maps u in colour - showing the geographical ranges of the various trees for the whole of southern Africa. Line drawings of selected tree species.
Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa
Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa write by Najma Dharani. This book was released on 2019-03-01. Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fully updated and expanded, this third edition of the top-selling Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa now features more than 520 of the trees and shrubs – indigenous and naturalized exotics – commonly found in the region. Each of the four sections – trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves – is arranged in alphabetical order according to scientific name. The book features: an informative introduction to families. Species accounts describing the plants’ habitat, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit. General and commercial applications and uses in traditional medicine. Almost 2,000 photographs depicting the species, its fruit, flowers and bark. Glossaries, both textual and illustrated, of botanical and medical terms. An invaluable ID guide to the trees and shrubs in gardens, parks and along roadsides of East Africa.
