Collins Tree Guide

The detail, the illustrations, fab. Favourite purchase of the year (I know it's only January! I can't wait to whip out my tree knowledge.

No dislike, it is a good comprehensive book that works well for me.

My mum loved this book. chose this one as it is meant to have all of the trees in the UK, not just the most common which is what I found some of the other books covered. The beginning of the book is great where it helps you to identify branch and leaf type.

An excellent field guide to British and European trees. A bit big and heavy to be called a pocket guide but very comprehensive and well illustrated.

Trees... something of great beauty and can live a thousand years. Just look around you, how many can you name? I was shocked at my ignorance. We use them for houses, furniture, heating and visual stunning backdrops. A world without trees would not exist. They extract one of the worlds most dangerous greenhouse gases and convert it into oxygen. This book is filled with great information on these amazing living organisms. The drawings are in some ways better than photo's when identifying different types... and they have families and cousins just like us and have preferences, where they like to grow. My only (minor) thing would be that it covers Europe as well as the UK and thus includes a lot of variations of trees that may not be found in the UK. But that said.... if you want to uncover the beauty of one the greatest natural friends we have, this book did it for me.

This is an extensive compilation of trees that can be found in the UK. The information contained is most informative. It is a book for the more keen naturalist I feel as the variety of trees in any given category could overwhelm the casual observer. For my purposes, however, it is a very good and useful guide.

Bought for college course as part of essential books

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