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The man who planted trees : lost groves, champion trees, and an urgent plan to save the planet

text The man who planted trees : lost groves, champion trees, and an urgent plan to save the planet

Summary

Describes the efforts of a former alcoholic nurseryman, whose near-death experience prompted him to attempt to find the best specimens of the United State's 872 known species of trees and use them to propagate their offspring around the world.

Contents
Champion tree -- White oak -- Forests on a warmer planet -- Bristlecone -- Great unknowns -- Willow -- David's tale -- Redwood -- Cloning redwoods -- Dawn redwood -- A light shines down -- Stinking cedar -- The planet's filters and other ecosystem... Read more
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Description
xxii, 216 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau 2012

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 582.16 ROB in Adult Non-fiction Available

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