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A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand (3rd edition 19977)
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Andrew Crowe
This practical field guide to New Zealand's native edible plants is now updated in this 2004 edition.
Over 190 trees, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail in this useful and attractive book, with information on which part is edible and when, how plants have been utilised, particularly by Maori, their nutritional value, and where they can be found.
In a separate section, Andrew Crowe also describes important poisonous plants that are native to New Zealand or are likely to be confused with the edible plants.
Illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs, this informative book will be of interest to trampers, botanists and all who appreciate New Zealand’s native flora.
First published 1981; this 3rd edition 1997.
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The Life-size Guide to Native Trees
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Andrew Crowe
Identifying native trees and other common plants of new Zealand's native forests can be fun for all the family with this pictorial guide.
The book match leaves, flowers, seeds, berries and bark against beautiful, life-sized photographs for fast, accurate identification.
Written by one of New Zealand's foremost writers on native plants,
The Life-Size Guide to Native Trees
offers a new opportunity to explore and enjoy the natural world of our native plants.
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Which Native Fern? New Ecology Edition
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Andrew Crowe
This new re-written edition of the best-selling NZ classic Which Native Fern? now includes comprehensive ecological information on the fern and its environment. As well as the known uses of each fern, from food and medicine, to perfume, making tools, mattresses and track-markers, it also explains how to grow each fern in your own garden. This new ecological edition also identifies the insect and bird life to look for in each fern and includes details on the origins of Maori names.
This 2nd edition first published August 2009.
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Which Native Forest Plant ?
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Andrew Crowe
This new 2009 edition of the Which Native Forest Plant includes comprehensive ecological information on the plants and their environment. As well as the known uses of each plant, from snow sandals, hair ties, combs, whistles, baskets and dyes, to food, medicine and timber, it also explains how to grow each plant in your own garden.
Use Andrew Crowe's unique leafy key to confidently identify the shrubs, climbers, perching plants and groundcovers of New Zealand's native forest. Colour photographs of leaves and associated creatures, graphics giving plant shape and height, plant distribution maps and ID checklists listing distinguishing features are all helpful tools to identify the plants that are found in our native forests.
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Which Native Tree?
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Andrew Crowe
This new re-written edition of the best-selling New Zealand classic Which Native Tree? now includes comprehensive ecological information on the tree and its environment. As well as the known uses of each tree, from food and medicine, to dyes, perfume, honey, bootlaces, fire-making and timber it also explains how to grow each tree in your own garden. It also identifies the insect and bird life to look for in each tree and includes details on the origins of Maori names. Use Andrew Crowe's unique leaf key to confidently identify common New Zealand native trees. Colour photographs of leaves and associated creatures, graphics giving tree shape and height, tree distribution maps and ID checklists listing distinguishing features are all helpful tools to identify New Zealand's native trees.
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A Photographic Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of New Zealand
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Geoff Ridley (photography Don Horne)
This new addition to New Holland's very popular pocket Photographic Guide series introduces readers to New Zealand's mushrooms and fungi, which number up to some 19,000 species and include extraordinarily diverse types, from the familiar 'mushroom' to brackets, coral and cup fungi and slime moulds. Over a hundred species are presented here, with spectacular close-up colour photographs accompanying each entry. The ideal size for slipping into a backpack when walking through bush and forest, it will appeal to walkers, nature lovers, tour guides and educators, and fungi photographers wishing to identify their subjects.
First published 2006, Auckland
144pp
softcover
190mmx95mm
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Cabbage Tree (NZ Trees)
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NZ$ 15.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Arkins & Doel
Cabbage Tree
is the third book in the
New Zealand Trees
series. The series is written for readers aged 8 years and older, and showcases native trees in New Zealand that are well-known. Further titles in the series will include the rimu and the nikau.
Information about where these trees grow in New Zealand, adaptations for particular environments, life cycles, history, conservation, sizes noted, uses, ecology and the scientific families the trees belong to are included in the text. The books are colour throughout with stunning photographs and diagrams that illustrate the respective texts.
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Common Ferns and Fern Allies
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NZ$ 14.95 each
Paperback
Author:
Parkinson, Brian
Ferns are a feature of every New Zealand landscape, and in this welcome addition to the Mobil Nature Series, 50 of NZ's most common ferns are covered. Each fern is described in detail including its distribution, and has an accompanying photograph.
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Ferns (NZ Trees)
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NZ$ 15.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Alina Arkins & Len Doel
Cabbage Tree
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Ferns
are the third and fourth books in the
NZ Trees
series initiated in 2002. The series is written for readers aged 8 years and older, and showcases native trees in New Zealand that are well-known. Further titles in the series will include the rimu and the nikau.
Information about where these trees grow in New Zealand, adaptations for particular environments, life cycles, history, conservation, sizes noted, uses, ecology and the scientific families the trees belong to are included in the text. The books are colour throughout with stunning photographs and diagrams that illustrate the respective texts. Each book showcases a particular conservation project (if applicable).
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From Weta to Kauri : A Guide to New Zealand Forest
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Janet Hunt (photos Rob Lucas)
There are many guides to trees, birds and insects but nothing that puts them all together in one handy book that can be put in a backpack and taken into the bush. Including full-colour photographs, it looks at the bush in layers, starting at the forest floor, concentrating on things you can see easily, and moving up to the forest canopy. There is detailed information on each individual tree or plant or insect or bird, with excellent material on how to identify them.
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