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Lives of the Trees: an Uncommon Tour of History and Lore by Wells, Diana; Lovett, Heather is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lives of the Trees: an Uncommon Tour of History and Lore about?
This work is an "uncommon history" of trees. Alphabetical entries cover tree and leaf descriptions, their products, where the trees are located geographically, where they got their common names, people who described the trees or transported them and made them popular, and folklore and stories about the particular trees.;Acacia -- Alder -- Almond -- Apple -- Apricot -- Ash -- Aspen -- Avocado -- Bald cypress -- Bamboo -- Banana -- Baobab -- Beech -- Birch -- Box -- Breadfruit -- Cacao -- Catalpa -- Cedar -- Cherry -- Chestnut -- China fir -- Cinchona -- Cinnamon -- Clove -- Coconut -- Coffee -- Cork -- Cottonwood -- Cypress -- Date -- Ebony -- Elder -- Elm -- Eucalyptus -- Fig -- Fir -- Frankincense -- Franklin tree -- Ginkgo -- Golden rain -- Handkerchief tree -- Hawthorn -- Hazel -- Hemlock -- Holly -- Hornbeam -- Horse chestnut -- Japanese cedar -- Joshua tree -- Juniper -- Larch -- Lemon and lime -- Linden -- Locust -- Mahogany -- Mango -- Mangrove -- Maple -- Monkey-puzzle -- Mulberry -- Myrrh -- Neem -- Nutmeg -- Oak -- Olive -- Orange -- Osage orange -- Papaw -- Paulownia -- Peach -- Pear -- Persimmon -- Pine -- Pomegranate -- Poplar -- Quince -- Redbud -- Redwood -- Rowan --
Who reads Lives of the Trees: an Uncommon Tour of History and Lore?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wells, Diana; Lovett, Heather
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781565124912
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Gardening, Folklore, Anthropology
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (149 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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