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Wells, Diana, 1940-

Lives of the trees : an uncommon history / Diana Wells ; illustrated by Heather Lovett.

1st ed.

Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.

369 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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.

Trees -- Folklore.

Trees -- Mythology.

Trees -- History.

Folk tales.

Lovett, Heather.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-352) and index.

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 -- Rubber -- Saguaro -- Sandalwood -- Sassafras -- Spruce -- Stewartia -- Strawberry tree -- Sumac -- Sweetgum -- Sycamore -- Tamarisk -- Tea -- Tree of heaven -- Tulip tree -- Tupelo -- Walnut -- Welwitschia -- Willow -- Wollemi pine (and others) -- Yew.

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