Twelve Trees - Daniel Lewis - Bog

"The world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history--from climate change to deforestation. Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying trees and their biology to understand how and why trees function individually and collectively in the ways they do. In Twelve Trees, Daniel Lewis ... travels the world to learn about these trees in their habitats. ... Species include the Lost Tree of Easter Island (Sophora toromiro), the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), hymenaea protera (a fossil tree), the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), East Indian sandalwood (Santanum album), the bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), West African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora), the Tasmanian blue gum eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus), olive tree (Olea europaea), baobab (Adansonia digitata), the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra), the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)"--