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| Tropical Trees of Hawaii | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Wood
Creator: Ron Dahlquist
Publisher: Island Heritage Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 902808
Media: Paperback
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.8 x 0.3
ISBN: 0931548411
Dewey Decimal Number: 634
EAN: 9780931548413
ASIN: 0931548411
Publication Date: November 2004
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Book Description
Trees from all over the world thrive in Hawai'i's generous sunlight, moist breezes, and fast-draining volcanic soil. This beginner's guide shows the common trees—both wild and cultivated, sources of flower, fruit, and shade—that you find in the islands today. Organized by accepted botanical relationship (family, genus, and species), this guide provides interesting nuggets of natural history as well as beautiful images by one of Hawai'i's most distinguished photographers.
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Wonderful little book March 21, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are going to Hawai'i and have a desire to know about the trees you'll see, this is a wonderful little book to have.
Keep in mind that this is a pocket guide, and not a comprehensive guide of *all* trees found in Hawai'i. As the author states on page 6, "Our purpose in this book is to help you identify the trees that you usually see as you travel around the Hawaiian islands." I just returned from being on O'ahu and Moloka'i, and, with the exception of the one tree I mention below, every tree I saw I found in this book.
This book is very well organized and easy to read. The layout is crisp and clean, and the names of the trees are bolded so they are easy to spot when flipping through the pages. Each tree entry is accompanied by at least one photo (all photos are of superb quality), but there are usually two or more photos which include a close-up of the fruit and/or flower and a photo of the entire tree. The entry itself is always interesting and includes information such as the origins of the tree, how the tree is used, growing habits, and pertinent historical information.
In the back, there is a helpful guide which tells of parks, arboretums, trails and other areas on the various islands where you can best see tree specimens.
Also in the back is a Picture Index. However, in many cases, the pictures are in adequate for effective referencing.
The only other criticisms I have are that I wish that *every* tree had a full-view picture and also that they would have included the paper mulberry tree. Whether that tree is still common or not, I don't know, but it was cultivated by the Hawaiians and still seems to be as evidenced by the multitude of items for sale which included "kapa cloth." This book just doesn't seem complete without this tree.
I still give this book five stars. It's a wonderful little book that includes a surprising amount of trees for it's small size, wonderful pictures, and a wealth of helpful and interesting information.
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