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Nature Trees

Catkin-Bearing Plants of British Columbia

by (author) T. Christopher Brayshaw

Publisher
Royal BC Museum
Initial publish date
Jun 2006
Category
Trees, Botany
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780771894589
    Publish Date
    Jun 2006
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

This book is the most comprehensive work on alders, birches, oaks, poplars, willows and other catkin-bearing plants in British Columbia. Dr. T.C. Brayshaw describes all 67 species?and many subspecies and varieties?each accompanied by a detailed line drawing and a distribution map. The book also includes diagnostic keys to the families, genera and species.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Dr. T.C. Brayshaw (1919–2014) worked for many years as curator of botany at the Royal BC Museum, then in his retirement as curator emeritus, when he wrote many of his books on botany, including this one. All of his books feature his precisely rendered botanical drawings.