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Australian Forest Woods 1

Characteristics, Uses and Identification

by Morris Lake
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/01/2019
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Australian Forest Woods describes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood.

The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and usefulness of forest trees. The book examines the forest tree species and their wood with photographs, botanical descriptions and a summary of the characteristics of the wood.

A section on wood identification includes fundamental information on tree growth and wood structure, as well as images of the basic characteristics.

ISBN:
9781486307784
9781486307784
Category:
Botany & plant sciences
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
30-01-2019
Publisher:
CSIRO Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
232
Dimensions (mm):
297x218x20mm
Weight:
0.96kg
Morris Lake

Morris Lake worked for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries from 1961 to 1998. Since retiring in 1998, he has served in the International Wood Collectors Society (IWCS) as AustralAsian Regional Trustee (2002-04) and Publications Chairman (2004-07).

He has written several books, including Australian Trees and Shrubs, and previously edited the IWCS journals World of Wood and Down Under. He has produced, authored or co-authored over 450 publications.

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This book provides an interesting background history of tree evolution from deep geological time as well as tree descriptions with images of each tree, its timber and its uses. It is a worthy companion volume to an earlier book by the same author - Australian Rainforest Woods.

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