Best book for identifying trees

[FungiJus]

Happy birthday to me.

Well it will be soon anyway and I would like a decent book to help identify trees (with the obvious benefit of identifying the host for any mycorrhizal associations).

I know that Phillips has a book and if it is as good as 'Mushrooms' then the search stops there, however does anyone else have a better / more useful guide to trees that they could recommend?

Cheers, J.

[endless autumn]

There's rather a nice Collins Field Guide to Trees of Britain and Europe or somesuch, which - though probably not exhaustive - is at least relatively portable and good to look at.

[NickCantle]

I saw that on a London book stall yesterday for £7 I was annoyed because the little old woman wouldn't accept a card and I had to get a coach in 20 minutes

[Morchella]

Do you just want a book on native trees or exotic ones as well? Don't know enough about fungi to know which it would be!

Personally I think the Roger Phillips tree book is the weakest of all of his books - shrubs etc are all very good. Probably because there aren't so many tree species so it seems to be padded out a bit more than I ever find necessary and consequently pretty hard to navigate 'round.

I would go for one of the Collins ones - probably best to have a look in a bookshop and see which size you're prepared to carry 'round with you.

[Blackbrook Eye]

Readers digest field guide to Trees and Shrubs of Britain, is an excellent book in their series of field guides, all of which, in my opinion, are first class and easy reading.

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye

Readers digest field guide to Trees and Shrubs of Britain, is an excellent book in their series of field guides, all of which, in my opinion, are first class and easy reading.

I agree with you there Got a couple of them, including that one, and they are just that informative and easy reading