Best book on Trees?

[mar090888]

Hi all,

Can someone please recommend a good book detailing the Trees in Britain with pictures and the different uses from the wood, bark, sap etc.

Thanks in advance

Mike.

 

[Harvestman]

Tree identification and wood uses are different things, and unlikely to be covered in the same book.

For identification I use bothe the Collins pocket guide and the Eyewitness Handbook, with the Collins guide my preferred field guide as it is more portable. Both books have their plus points, but both include a lot of non-native species as there are so many non-native species planted and naturalised in the UK.

For wood you need a book on wood. For uses of trees generally you need a bushcrafting book like Mors Kochanski's book.

 

[bushwacker bob]

Rogers is very good with photos of leaves and bark but like Mike says ID books dont usually cover uses.

 

[vizsla]

As harvestman says you can't go far wrong with the Collins book

 

[TheTryingDutchman]

Sorry for bumping an old topic, but are you talking about Collins British tree guide or Collins tree guide?

 

[Harvestman]

Sorry for bumping an old topic, but are you talking about Collins British tree guide or Collins tree guide?

The Collins Guide that I am referring to above is for trees of Britain and Northern Europe. My version is out of date but a search on Amazon reveals lots of suitable books. The quality of this sort of publication these days is pretty good, so which one you like is really down to personal preference.