Wild Trees of British Columbia

Alice Kidd is an editor with The New Catalyst editorial collective in
Lillooet, B.C.

British Columbia is a province of trees. In Wild Trees of British
Columbia, Brough provides a wonderful introduction not only to the trees
themselves, species by species, but also to the process of getting
acquainted with them. His simple learning key leads one through
examining the leaves, cones, branches, and trunk of a specific tree to
an identification of the species it belongs to. For each species, there
is an excellent illustration of various parts of the tree and its
geographic range.

But the book contains much more. Included is a chapter on the first
white naturalists to discover and name the trees. In addition, there are
instructions for planting trees, lists and location maps for parks and
recreation areas that give access to forest, and a wonderful illustrated
glossary of terms.

This volume is a true learning tool. One of the chapters, “Making
Your Own Keys,” suggests ways of learning and recording the trees of
your own neighborhood—wild, native, and imported. The message
throughout is “get to know the trees you live with, you won’t regret
it!”