Trees and Forests of the World

Activism.

Arbor Therapy.

Banana Slugs.

Book Reviews.

California Specials.

Hiking and Exploration.

Science.

Tree species.

Woodland flowers of Redwood Forests.

XYZ - miscellaneous.

Alphabetic List of Articles. Glossary pages: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Hot books on trees and forests.

Special Summaries (California Central Coast).

Slug and flower graphs.

Coast Redwood Forest Flowers (Big Basin S.P.).

Special Books.

Remarkable Trees of the World by Thomas Pakenham. A great treasury in words and photographs of 60 trees of unusually strong personality; photographed in North America, Mexico, Europe, Japan, other parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

Ancient Trees: Trees that Live for a Thousand Years by Anna Lewington and Edward Parker.

Most popular Articles.

Web articles most popular world-wide (and see also Ancient Trees: Trees that Live for a Thousand Years by Anna Lewington and Edward Parker):

1. Fig (Ficus), sacred to many in Asia.
2. Baobab, the world's widest tree, whose trunk can store more than 30,000 gallons of water
3. Welwitschia mirabilis, the Namibian survivalist tree, which grows without rain for 3 years in every 4, and can live over 2000 years.
4. Alphabetic List of Articles.

Web articles most popular in California (and see also Trees and Shrubs of California by John Stuart and John Sawyer):

1. Tree species
2. Native trees (coniferous and broadleaf) of Southern California
3. National forests of California. A fifth of the land in California.
4. Banana Slug Spotting Special.

Forest and Tree Topics.

Activism - "Think Globally, Act Locally".

• Bird Flu Kills Cats.
• Cats kill songbirds.
• Deep time.
• Defending the Redwoods in Sonoma by Pam Conley.
• Defending the Watershed in SDSF (the Soquel Demonstration State Forest).
• Ecology Footprint Quiz.
• An environmentalist's dilemma by Pam Conley.
• Five Things We Learn from the Forests of California.
• Marbled Murrelets - California's Fog Larks by Pam Conley.
• The Northern Spotted Owl by Pam Conley.
• Philippine Forest - The Forgotten Rainforest by Jean Gier.
• Trail Crews help us walk the parks more safely.

Arbor Therapy - Healing Through Trees.

• Arbor Therapy - 1. Breath
• Arbor Therapy - 2. The Tree Spirit in Us
• The Celtic Tree Calendar.
• Forest as Sanctuary, Forest as Prayer: The Example of the Sacred Grove Women's Forest Sanctuary.

Banana Slug Spotting Special.

• Current slug and flower counters, graphed in a new window. Can you beat our records?
• The littlest and the largest slugs. (Takes a moment to download.)
• How the large slugs create the little slugs. (Marvelous photos - well worth the download time!)
• Survivalist slugs. (Take the time to download these unusual photos.)

Book reviews.

• The Ecology of Fire by Robert J. Whelan.
• Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: A Photographic Interpretation of Ecological Change Since 1849 by George E. Gruell.
• The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter by Colin Tudge.

Books to buy:	See our Reviews: (Also see some of our favorite New and Recent Books about Forests and Trees.)
	Review of America's Ancient Forests : From the Ice Age to the Age of Discovery by Thomas M. Bonnicksen.
	Review of California's Wilderness Areas: Mountains and Coastal Ranges by George Wuerthner.
	Review of Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis by Michael Williams.
	Review of Discovered Alive: The Story of the Chinese Redwood by William Gittlen.
	Review of Sierra Nevada: The Naturalist's Companion by Verna R. Johnston.
	Review of Sierra Nevada Tree Identifier by Jim Paruk. Published by The Yosemite Association. An excellent guide book to all tree species in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Highly recommended to the amateur and the professional.

California Specials.

• Slug and flower graphs (in new window).
• Big Basin Banana Slug Spotters Society (BS-cubed): Flowers and Banana Slugs and Amphibian reports from the Redwoods in Big Basin State Park; also the BS-cubed Challenge.
• Big Basin State Park Prescribed Burn.
• Big Basin State Park Trails:
  • Basin Loop.
  • Central California coastal redwoods - Big Basin Berry Creek Falls Trail: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December,
• California Demonstration State Forests; and California State Parks - their Forests.
• California-laurel.
• Castle Rock California State Park - Flowers on the loop trail.
• Five Things We Learn from the Forests of California.
• Flowers near Hetch Hetchy (Yosemite).
• Flowers near Vernal and Nevada Falls (Yosemite).
• Flower species of the redwood forests.
  • California Fetid Adder's Tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii).
  • Hookers fairy bells (Disporum hookeri).
  • Tiger lily (Lilium pardalinum).
  • Trail plant (Adenocaulon bicolor).
  • White globe lily (Calochortus albus).
  • Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale).
• John Muir on the Trees of Yosemite: Part 1 and Part 2.
• Klamath National Forest: Introduction and Easy Access to its Diversity of Trees (by R. Max Creasy).
• National Forests in California.
• Oak trees of California.
• Santa Cruz: Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.
• Sierra Nevada: Families of native trees, Broadleaf trees, Pines. Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: A Photographic Interpretation of Ecological Change Since 1849 by George E. Gruell.
• South California: Families of native trees, Broadleaf trees, Pines.
• Plant Species (Trees and Flowers) in the California Redwood Forests.
• SDSF (the Soquel Demonstration State Forest):
  • Introduction to SDSF;
  • Defending the Watershed in SDSF.
• Trail Crews Donate Time to help us walk the parks more safely.
• Walk With Scott Peden in Big Basin State Park.
• Yosemite: Flowers near Vernal and Nevada Falls; and Yosemite's Trees
  • in Joan Zimmerman's handy summary,
  • from John Muir (Part 1), and
  • from John Muir (Part 2).

Hiking and Exploration.

• Big Basin State Park: Berry Creek Falls Loop.
  • Slug Spotters' Challenge: The Big Basin Slug Spotters' Society encourages you to attempt to match these numbers of individual monster banana slugs and unique flower species seen on the Berry Creek Falls Loop Trail.
  • Autumn ( September, October, November).
  • Winter ( December, January, February).
  • Spring ( March, April, May).
  • Summer ( June, July, August).
• Castle Rock California State Park - Flowers on the Saratoga Gap and Ridge Trails.
• Forest Stewardship Safety Guidelines.
• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.
• Must-carry items - an easy eight for your forest hike checklist.
• Stretches before your forest hike.
• Ticks and Lyme Disease - Forest safety.
• Trail Crews Donate Time to help us walk the parks more safely.
• Urban Forest: what it is and why it's good. by Leslie Keedy
• Urban Forest: why small towns and suburban communities need trees.
• Urban Tree Benefits: Your Bottom Line.
• Wilderness Preservation from Bikes.

Recipes for Vegetarian Food by Tree Lovers.

• Penne with Tomatoes, Olives, and Two Cheeses by Pam Conley.

Science.

• Bird Flu Kills Cats.
• Cats kill songbirds.
• Deep time.
• The Ecology of Fire by Robert J. Whelan.
• Ecology Footprint Quiz: how to find yours and what mine is.
• Forest fire -- How They Percolate.
• Global warming.
• History, prehistory, and ecology of the forests of North America before the arrival of the Europeans and at the arrival of the Europeans. Also, review of this America's Ancient Forests by Thomas M. Bonnicksen.
• Tree rings: what they are and how we use them.

Tree species.

• Baobab, the world's widest tree.
• Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) Also, How to Grow, Time Chart, Book Review.
• California-laurel.
• Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).
• Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii).
• Fig (Ficus), sacred to many in Asia.
• Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum).
• Ginkgo, whose kernels are said to provide relief from tinnitus, dementia, stroke, dizziness, etc.
• North America trees.
• Oaks.
• Pacific Northwest trees (of the Americas).
• Pines: Introducing Pines, Pine Fun Facts, How to Names Pines.
• Redwood:
  • Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).
  • Life History and Ecological Guide to the Coast Redwood by Daniel J. Miller.
  • Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides).
  • Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum).
• Welwitschia mirabilis, the Namibian survivalist tree.
  
• Brief notes on Douglas-fir, Fir, [California] Hazel, Hemlock, Larch, Spruce.

XYZ - miscellaneous.

• Biographies of contributors.
• State Trees of the U.S.A.
• On Buddhism, Creativity, and Travel.

Alphabetic List of Articles. Glossary pages: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

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