Penguin Books Australia

The Wollemi Pine is the story of this discovery, and of the tree that...

Native Trees of New Zealand 2

Reed New Zealand Nature Series

Alpine Plants of New Zealand
Butterflies and Moths
Common Birds 1
Common Birds 2
Common Ferns and Fern Allies
Common Seashells
Freshwater Fishes
Marine Fishes 1
Marine Fishes 2
Mushroom and Other Fungi
Native Trees 1
Native Trees 2
Rare Birds

The flip guide features over 60 of New Zealand s common and striking wildflowers, along with a life-size colour photograph of each flower. The flowers are identified by both their English and Latin names and are grouped in terms of the colour of their petals (orange, yellow, white, blue, purple or red). Many of the featured plants include notes on distinguishing characteristics of the plant and whether...

NATURE IDENTIFICATION GUIDES FOR ALL THE FAMILY

IDENTIFICATION * ECOLOGY * USES

Use Andrew Crowe's unique leaf key to confidently identify common New Zealand native trees

* Colour photographs of leaves, flowers, fruit and associated creatures
* Graphics giving tree shape
* Tree distribution maps
* ID checklists listing distinguishing features

 This new re-written edition of the best-selling NZ classic Which Native Fern? now includes comprehensive ecological information on the fern and its environment. As well as the known uses of each fern, from food and medicine, to perfume, making tools, mattresses and track-markers, it also explains how to grow each fern in your own garden. This new ecological edition also identifies the insect...

This new re-written edition of the best-selling NZ classic Which Native Tree? now includes comprehensive ecological information on the tree and its environment.

As well as the known uses of each plant, from snow sandals, hair ties, combs, whistles, baskets and dyes, to food, medicine and timber, it also explains how to grow each plant in your own garden.

What is a tree? As this celebration of the trees shows, they are our countryside; our ancestors descended from them; they gave us air to breathe. Yet while the stories of trees are as plentiful as leaves in a forest, they are rarely told.