Good books on identification

[Brownie]

Hi
I have joined this site and thought it would be a good idea to ask if anyone can recommend any good tree books for idents? I have just started my Royal Forestry cert arb and could really do with the help.

 

[Ross Turner]

Trees of europe & north america by Roger phillips is a good book,Post on the Brit thread for more help.

 

[Mr_Brushcutter]

I've just got a book called "The idetification of decidious trees and shrubs in winter" cost a fiver. Its really good its all about ID trees and shrubs with no leaves, has diagrams of buds and things. Its a field guide rather than a text book but works well to build a knowledge base.

Do they have a recomended reading list?

 

[Lawnmowerboy48]

Dirr has a couple of good books. The black and white book is huge andhas many species and the color version is smaller but has nice pictures.

 

[Brownie]

Trees of europe & north america by Roger phillips is a good book,Post on the Brit thread for more help.[Thanks for the reference to the book ross, I will check that one out..

Andy ]

 

[Brownie]

I've just got a book called "The idetification of decidious trees and shrubs in winter" cost a fiver. Its really good its all about ID trees and shrubs with no leaves, has diagrams of buds and things. Its a field guide rather than a text book but works well to build a knowledge base.

Do they have a recomended reading list?[Yeah they have a reading list, but I didn't see anything that I thought would surfice.. Thanks for the referance to the book and i will check it out..
Andy ]

 

[Brownie]

Dirr has a couple of good books. The black and white book is huge andhas many species and the color version is smaller but has nice pictures.[hope you dont mind but who is DIRR? I will defo check it out as sounds interesting..

Thanks Andy.. ]

 

[Lawnmowerboy48]

He's the author of the books. If you do a search on the internet you should come up with a bunch of hits.

 

[crimplene]

Hey, I'm doing the RFS course as well! Enjoying it? Nearly Christmas and we're still on soil

I've got the "Collins Tree Guide" which is as good as any.

have a look at Treesource , they've got plently to choose from on there

 

[Brownie]

Hey, I'm doing the RFS course as well! Enjoying it? Nearly Christmas and we're still on soil

I've got the "Collins Tree Guide" which is as good as any.

have a look at Treesource , they've got plently to choose from on there

Enjoying it? its the best thing i have done. we have just done post planting and maintenance, we did soil some weeks ago and i am still trying to get my head round the hormones side of it!!! Well good luck with yours anyway...

 

[crimplene]

Yeah, I'm sort of enjoying it, there's lots to get your head round, the tutor knows his stuff, it's just a bit slooooow especially on a wednesday night after work. I know a few people who did it last year & they got a lot out of it, which made me think to do it.

I'm doing it @ Plumpton, how about you?

 

[Brownie]

Re RFS

I go to myerscough college in Garstang on a Tue's night
6-9pm its a long day but very enjoyable.. I believe the exam is quite hard? have you done your climbing and what units have you got? I have got up to my 39 and do dissmantling as well, although not been trained as yet, but theres some books out there on the subject. I work for a housing corporation and do all the trees within the boundries of our properties, we have about 10,000 properties and we usually get busy about this time of year.