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Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape
Fred D. Rauch
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Description for Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape
Hardcover. Describes and illustrates 129 species and subspecies and 48 named varieties, cultivars, and forms plus 23 hybrids appropriate for the home garden and confined public landscape spaces. Num Pages: 208 pages, 539 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; TVS; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Over the past several decades, the U.S. cityscape has changed radically. Large areas have been cleared of natural vegetation to accommodate new development. The 'urban forest', which consists of all city trees, natural and planted, has been severely and negatively impacted. A 2003 study indicates that we are losing through clearing and grading four trees for every one planted. This is a wake-up call for greatly increased planting in the urban forest and the need to popularize small trees (defined as trees that grow up to thirty feet high) for diminished city spaces. ""Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape"" describes ... Read more
Over the past several decades, the U.S. cityscape has changed radically. Large areas have been cleared of natural vegetation to accommodate new development. The 'urban forest', which consists of all city trees, natural and planted, has been severely and negatively impacted. A 2003 study indicates that we are losing through clearing and grading four trees for every one planted. This is a wake-up call for greatly increased planting in the urban forest and the need to popularize small trees (defined as trees that grow up to thirty feet high) for diminished city spaces. ""Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape"" describes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824833084
SKU
V9780824833084
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About Fred D. Rauch
Fred D. Rauch, Ph.D., is emeritus professor of horticulture at the University of Hawai'i. Paul R. Weissich, A.S.L.A., director emeritus of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, is currently a licensed landscape architect.
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