Everyone knows what a tree looks like. But have you actually observed the delicate flowers on the red maple (Acer rubrum), the budding leaves of Chinese Tulip Tree (Liriodendron chinense), or the branches of Fagus longipetiolata Seemen? When you look closely at a tree, a new world filled with shapes and details opens up to you – you’ll see the beauty you didn’t know before, and you’ll appreciate the tree in a whole new way. When you can feel the four seasons of life from the growth trajectory of a tree, you will truly appreciate the inspiring power and beauty of nature.

Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees invites you to turn a careful and keen eye to the common trees around you, and to focus on some rare but easy-to-see tree traits. The author relates the rewards of regular and careful observation of trees, clearly lists strategies for improving observation methods, and illustrates the subtle and often overlooked details of tree structure. In-depth descriptions of 10 common trees will give you many small shocks and enable you to rediscover the natural wonders around you.

After reading this book, you will be immediately interested in the bark of trees, or at least feel that they are all living, beautiful, witty creatures, and may even be prepared to go someday specifically to photograph the bark of various common trees, and to enjoy it. One of the main ways to observe and get to know a tree, as described in the book, is to look at the same part of a tree in concentration for a long time, narrowing your field of vision, such as looking at the buds, the leaves, the trunk.

Especially, you can feel and understand a tree if you stand under it and let your feet take root in its shade. Only in this way can you appreciate its massive body, its soul, its wonderful connection to you, a small, transient living being. And, drawing, photography, and keeping a journal also help in observing trees. You will learn more once you draw them, whether or not they are excellent from an artistic point of view.

// Table Of Contents //

• Introduction
• Tree Viewing
  • Getting Started
  • Viewing Strategies
• Observing Tree Traits
  • Leaves
  • Flowers and Cones
  • Fruit
  • Buds and Leaf Scars
  • Bark and Twigs
• Ten Trees: Intimate Views
  • American Beech
  • American Sycamore
  • Black Walnut
  • Eastern Red Cedar
  • Ginkgo
  • Red Maple
  • Southern Magnolia
  • Tulip Poplar
  • White Oak
  • White Pine
• Afterword
• Conversion Chart
• References
• Acknowledgments
• Index

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