The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs by Vaclav Vetricka
This book covers every aspect of the natural history of 256 trees and shrubs, including details of their distribution, habitat preferences and identifying features, as well as information about their uses, cultivation, flowering and fruiting characteristics. The introduction provides a wealth of general information on woody plants, including their morphology, structure and life history, and discusses how forests develop on the different climatic regions of the world.