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Remarkable Trees of Virginia | 
| Author: Nancy Ross Hugo
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1571
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 11.2 x 1
ISBN: 0974270725
Dewey Decimal Number: 582.1609755
EAN: 9780974270722
ASIN: 0974270725
Publication Date: August 21, 2008
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Product Description
This stunning collaboration between the noted garden writer Nancy Ross Hugo and the photographer Robert Llewellyn showcases the fruits of an effort begun in 2004 to research, locate, and photograph Virginia's most remarkable trees. Four years later, more than one thousand trees had been officially nominated to the project and many others suggested for possible inclusion. The results, presented in this elegant, four-color volume, are astounding. Hugo and Kirwan, the project coordinators, have selected a sample of trees and "tree places" that illustrate the enormous variety, startling beauty, and fascinating history of Virginia's trees. Here you will see, through Llewellyn's incomparable lens, not only some of Virginia's largest trees, including a newly discovered national champion overcup oak in Isle of Wight County, but also some of the state's oldest, including baldcypress trees over 800 years old in Southampton County and red cedars over 450 years old in Giles. You will find unique trees like a willow oak in which a tricycle is embedded, fine specimens like the massive American beech in front of Sleepy Hollow Methodist Church in Falls Church, and outrageously shaped trees, like the water tupelos in the Cypress Bridge area of Southampton County. You will find trees associated with famous people and events as well as trees associated with ordinary people in extraordinary ways. Perhaps best of all, you will learn about communities that have gone to great lengths to protect their trees and about places where the public can visit some of the best trees and "treescapes" in the state. Remarkable Trees of Virginia is a celebration of trees, but it doesn't dodge hard issues. In a section on urban forests, the authors describe the major problems facing trees in urban areas and point out strategies urban foresters are using to solve them. They describe the ecological services trees provide and issue a call for action both to protect trees in their existing habitats and to find more places where trees can "grow large and long." Hugo, Kirwan, and Llewellyn present a treasury of Virginia's trees that is, indeed, remarkable.
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one of the best November 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great book. Dr. Kirwan has outdone himself with this book. A great book for anyone interested in trees, history, or just great stories!
Remarkable Trees truly a remarkable book! October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We purchased Remarkable Trees of Virginia as a gift. We previewed it before we gave it to my brother-in-law. Wow, it is truly stunning in its presentation! It covers landscapes and city-scapes and everything in between. Its photographs and settings span the humble to the truly remarkable. I highly recommend Remarkable Trees of Virginia as a truly remarkable book.
Remarkable Trees of Virginia is Remarkable! October 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Remarkable Trees of Virginia by Nancy Hugo and Jeff Kirwen-- Remarkable Trees of Virginia-- is a beautiful book! the photographs of all sorts of trees in Virginia are wonderful, and Nancy Hugo's text (along with Jeff Kirwen's research conducted over several years and many miles in Virginia)is informative while being down-to-earth (or, perhaps, more accurately for trees, up-in-the-sky)and engaging. The reader/viewer is given a very personal, though still scientific, look at Virginia's wonderful trees--from the historic to the familiar. The book is also quite timely, since some of the trees pictured are threatened. The book makes the reader want more than ever to save and savor Virginia's (and the world's) precious forest environment.
Remarkable Trees, remarkable book! October 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was able to work with the author while images of two trees from Lee County, Virginia were being taken. The folks have done a great job, the images are sharp, and the book size is large. This is one of those books that will be even more interesting to read during the cold days of winter.
Tree tour from your living room! September 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Enjoy a state wide tour of magnificent trees while enjoying a cup of coffee in your living room. The pictures are spectacular and the stories behind many of the trees are charming.
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