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Arborama : the marvelous world of trees / Lisa Voisard ; translated by Jeffrey K. Butt ; American adaptation, Andree Halle.

by Voisard, Lisa, 1992-

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Helvetiq, c2023.

Trees -- North America -- Identification -- Juvenile literature.

Trees -- Juvenile literature.

Plants -- Juvenile literature.

North American edition.

203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.

Translated from French.

Includes index.

What are trees? -- Why do trees have leaves? -- What about flowers? -- What does fruit do? -- What are cones? -- Classifying trees -- Portraits. Towns, cities, and parks -- Forests and countryside -- Forests and mountains -- Other wondrous trees -- Go on, take a good look around! How to identify a tree -- Leaves and needles -- Flowers and young cones -- Fruit -- Cones -- Changing with the seasons -- Bark, a tree's armor -- Roots, a tree's anchor -- The life of trees. The life of a tree -- Reproduction -- Guessing a tree's age -- Home to all sorts of creatures -- The benefits of having trees around -- Wood, cardboard, paper... -- Species at risk -- What can we do to help trees?

Learn how to identify the most important North American trees. Alnog the way, you'll explore how trees reproduce and grow into the largest plants on earth, how they make our life possible, and what we can do to save them. Be astounded by the marvelous world of trees all around you!

Butt, Jeffrey K.

Hallé, Andrée, 1957-

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