There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a banyan tree in Calcutta as big as a football field.From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder in all of us, and in The Tree, Colin Tudge travels around the world--throughout the United States, the Costa Rican rain forest, Panama and Brazil, India, New Zealand, China, and most of Europe--bringing to life stories and facts about the trees around us: how they grow old, how they eat and reproduce, how they talk to one another (and they do), and why they came to exist in the first place. He considers the pitfalls of being tall; the things that trees produce, from nuts and rubber to wood; and even the complicated debt that we as humans owe them.Tudge takes us to the Amazon in flood, when the water is deep enough to submerge the forest entirely and fish feed on fruit while river dolphins race through the canopy. He explains the "memory" of a tree: how those that have been shaken by wind grow thicker and sturdier, while those attacked by pests grow smaller leaves the following year; and reveals how it is that the same trees found in the United States are also native to China (but not Europe).From tiny saplings to centuries-old redwoods and desert palms, from the backyards of the American heartland to the rain forests of the Amazon and the bamboo forests, Colin Tudge takes the reader on a journey through history and illuminates our ever-present but often ignored companions. A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.From the Hardcover edition.

Colin Hiram Tudge

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

New York : Crown Publishers

Random House, Incorporated

Random House AudioBooks

First Edition - First Printing, US, 2006

United States, United States of America

"Originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, in 2005"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-414) and index.

subject: Trees; Baum; Naturgeschichte (Fach)

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Bookmarks:
1. (p3) I What Is a Tree?
1.1. (p4) 1. Trees in Mind: Simple Questions with Complicated Answers
1.2. (p5) 2. Keeping Track
1.3. (p6) 3. How Trees Became
1.4. (p7) 4. Wood
2. (p8) II All the Trees in the World
2.1. (p9) 5. Trees Without Flowers: The Conifers
2.2. (p10) 6. Trees with Flowers: Magnolias and Other Primitives
2.3. (p11) 7. From Palms and Screw Pines to Yuccas and Bamboos: The Monocot Trees
2.4. (p12) 8. Thoroughly Modern Broadleaves
2.5. (p13) 9. From Oaks to Mangoes: The Glorious Inventory of RoseAike Eudicots
2.6. (p14) 10. From Handkerchief Trees to Teak: The Daisy-like Eudicots
3. (p15) III The Life of Trees
3.1. (p16) 11. How Trees Live
3.2. (p17) 12. Which Trees Live Where, and Why
3.3. (p18) 13. The Social Life of Trees: War or Peace
4. (p19) IV Trees and Us
4.1. (p20) 14. The Future with Trees
5. (p21) Notes and Further Reading
6. (p22) Glossary
7. (p23) Acknowledgments
8. (p24) Index

theme: Trees; Baum; Naturgeschichte (Fach)

There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a banyan tree in Calcutta as big as a football field.
From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder in all of us, and in The Tree, Colin Tudge travels around the worldthroughout the United States, the Costa Rican rain forest, Panama and Brazil, India, New Zealand, China, and most of Europebringing to life stories and facts about the trees around us: how they grow old, how they eat and reproduce, how they talk to one another (and they do), and why they came to exist in the first place. He considers the pitfalls of being tall; the things that trees produce, from nuts and rubber to wood; and even the complicated debt that we as humans owe them.
Tudge takes us to the Amazon in flood, when the water is deep enough to submerge the forest entirely and fish feed on fruit while river dolphins race through the canopy. He explains the memory of a tree: how those that have been shaken by wind grow thicker and sturdier, while those attacked by pests grow smaller leaves the following year; and reveals how it is that the same trees found in the United States are also native to China (but not Europe).
From tiny saplings to centuries-old redwoods and desert palms, from the backyards of the American heartland to the rain forests of the Amazon and the bamboo forests, Colin Tudge takes the reader on a journey through history and illuminates our ever-present but often ignored companions. A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.

What is a tree?
Trees in mind : simple questions and complicated answers
Keeping track
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.
Illustrations: The Buddha receiving enlightenment under a peepul tree
Judas tree
Jungle scene
Dicksonia
The names and times of ages past
All land plants
Cycad
Ginko
Young yew
Bristlecone pine
Juniper
Magnolia
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
Costral redwoos
Continental drift
Coastal redwoods rerooting themselves
Continental drift
Fig
Bat pollination
The syconium (fruit) of a fig
Agroforestry.

Colin Tudge. Originally Published, In Slightly Different Form, In Great Britain By Allen Lane, An Imprint Of Penguin Books, In 2005 -- T.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 407-414) And Index.

Looks at the world of trees, journeying around the world to explore the facts, characteristics, natural history, life cycles, evolution, and environmental impact of trees and forests.