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Trees for the Earth

April 18, 2016 | SuzyQ

Celebrate Earth Day 2016 by planting a tree! Why? They combat climate change by absorbing excess CO2 from the atmosphere, and help us breathe clean air by absorbing odors and pollutant gases.  And they're beautiful to look at!

Planting with trees by Andrew McIndoe
The man who planted trees : lost groves, champion trees, and an urgent plan to save the planet by Jim Robbins
The legacy of Luna : the story of a tree, a woman, and the struggle to save the redwoods by Julia Butterfly Hill
Firefly encyclopedia of trees
Meetings with remarkable trees by Thomas Pakenham
The tree care primer by Christopher Roddick
Trees : a visual guide by Tony Rodd
Remarkable trees of the world by Thomas Pakenham
The Sibley guide to trees by David Sibley
Trees of Michigan and the upper Great Lakes by Norman Foster Smith
The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world by Peter Wohlleben
Urban forests : a natural history of trees and people in the American cityscape by Jill Jonnes
Hidden natural histories. Trees : the secret properties of 150 species by Noël Kingsbury