Download or read book Trees of the Caribbean written by S. A. Seddon and published by MacMillan Education, Limited. This book was released on 1980 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is invaluable to the casual visitor or tourist to the Caribbean in helping to identify the more common and interesting trees likely to be encountered during a short stay in the islands. Each species is illustrated with at least one colour photograph and detailed information is given about leaf shape, leaf size and colour, together with descriptions of the specific flowers and fruits. Should the reader wish to study particular species in more detail, the botanical family name is supplied together with the relevant scientific name.
Download or read book Tropical Trees Found in the Caribbean South America Central America Mexico written by Dorothy Hargreaves and published by Ross-Hargreaves. This book was released on 1965 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fruit Trees of the Caribbean written by Sandra Hewitt and published by MacMillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fruit growing in the tropical regions of the world is quite different from the more temperate areas where the majority of fruits are strictly seasonal and mostly ripen from mid-Summer to late Autumn. There is no off-season in tropical regions and the variety of available fruits in the Caribbean has increased with the introduction of new species from other parts of the tropical world. Fruits Trees of the Caribbean describes more than ninety varieties of trees and their fruits. In botanical terms some fruits will be known to many people as spices such as cinnamon and cloves or parts of the fruits such as nutmeg or mace. There is at least one species listed that cannot be eaten as it is poisonous. The description of trees and shrubs is comprehensive but what cannot be accurately described are the rich and varied flavours that are totally unique and delicious.
Download or read book Healing Trees of the Caribbean written by Jerry K. Haywood and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trees of Cuba written by Angela T. Leiva Sánchez and published by MacMillan Caribbean. This book was released on 2007 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone wishing to identify the most commonly seen trees in Cuba, whether they be in the city, beside the road, on the beach or on other parts of the island. There are well over eight hundred species of tree growing on the island, thus this volume presents only a sample of the enormous arboreal variety to be found in Cuba. The reader will find both native and cultivated species, which have been balanced to present an objective guide.
Download or read book The Trees of El Yunque written by Alan Mowbray and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the end product of ten years of exploration that began with a series of three small guide-books written to help El Yunque National Forest visitors to discover and identify some of the forest's many ecological marvels. These small reference books included descriptions of 57 individual tree species. Between 2010 and 2012, a monthly El Yunquer NF website feature 'Endemic Plant Facts' amassed an additonal 26 indigenous tree descriptions. Combining this significant collection of 83 specific portrayals (accompanied by full-color photos and illustrations) into a single, portable guide-book, similar to its predecessor 'The Animals of El Yunque', that would fit easily into a jacket-pocket or book-bag, and available as an 'e-book' and 'Smartphone App' seemed like a sensible idea. The end result, 'The Trees of El Yunque' is a 'pictorial natural history' - it is not a comprehensive listing of every species of flora that occurs in El Yunque - instead, it is an effort to present a discrete selection of trees that forest visitors might encounter and thus wish to identify while experiencing El Yunque's unique and exhilarating surroundings. Tropical forest enthusiasts and natural history 'buffs' should also be fascinated to discover the immense diversity of the flora described and pictured on these pages - all of which thrive in El Yunque; America's only tropical rainforest...
Download or read book Trees of the Caribbean the Bahamas and Bermuda written by S. A. Seddon and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Traveller s Tree written by Patrick Leigh Fermor and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2010-10-10 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, his first book, Patrick Leigh Fermor recounts his tales of a personal odyssey to the lands of the Traveller's Tree - a tall, straight-trunked tree whose sheath-like leaves collect copious amounts of water. He made his way through the long island chain of the West Indies by steamer, aeroplane and sailing ship, noting in his records of the voyage the minute details of daily life, of the natural surroundings and of the idiosyncratic and distinct civilisations he encountered amongst the Caribbean Islands. From the ghostly Ciboneys and the dying Caribs to the religious eccentricities like the Kingston Pocomaniacs and the Poor Whites in the Islands of the Saints, Patrick Leigh Fermor recreates a vivid world, rich and vigorous with life.
Download or read book Flowering Trees of the Caribbean written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flowering Trees of the Caribbean written by Bernard Pertchik and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caribbean Curiosities written by Mark Yokoyama and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caribbean Curiosities collects the fascinating stories of the animals and plants of the island of St. Martin.
Download or read book National Trees of Latin American and the Caribbean written by Freddy Eduardo Rojas-Rodríguez and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wildlife of the Caribbean written by Herbert A. Raffaele and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to the living wonders of the Caribbean islands This is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the natural world of the Caribbean islands. It contains 600 vivid color images featuring 451 species of plants, birds, mammals, fish, seashells, and much more. While the guide primarily looks at the most conspicuous and widespread species among the islands, it also includes rarely seen creatures—such as the Rhinoceros Iguana and Cuban Solenodon—giving readers a special sense of the region's diverse wildlife. Each species is represented by one or more color photos or illustrations; details regarding its identification, status, and distribution; and interesting aspects of its life history or relationship to humans. In addition, an introductory section focuses on the unique characteristics of the Caribbean’s fauna and flora, the threats faced by both, and some of the steps being taken to sustain the area’s extraordinary natural heritage. Wildlife of the Caribbean is the essential field guide for learning about the living wonders in this area of the world. The only guide of its kind for the Caribbean islands 600 detailed color images feature 451 amazing species Straightforward descriptions suitable for general audience Compact size makes the guide easy to carry
Download or read book Trees of the Caribbean National Forest Puerto Rico Classic Reprint written by Elbert Luther Little Jr. and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Trees of the Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico The Caribbean National Forest in the Luquillo Mountains of northeastern Puerto Rico is unique within the National Forest System. Its tropical vegetation varies from luxuriant rain forests on the lower Slopes to dwarf forests on the exposed peaks. Within its boundaries of acres are 225 species of native trees, more than in any other equal area of the United States. Among these species, 88 are classed as endemic or rare. Sixty-eight are limited to Puerto Rico and 23 of them found wild only within the forest boundaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Trees of the Caribbean National Forest Puerto Rico written by Elbert Luther Little and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trees of the Bahamas written by William Cutts and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Traveller s Tree written by Patrick Leigh Fermor and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1940s Patrick Leigh Fermor, now widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest travel writers, set out to explore the then relatively little-visited islands of the Caribbean. Rather than a comprehensive political or historical study of the region, The Traveller’s Tree, Leigh Fermor’s first book, gives us his own vivid, idiosyncratic impressions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, Barbados, Trinidad, and Haiti, among other islands. Here we watch Leigh Fermor walk the dusty roads of the countryside and the broad avenues of former colonial capitals, equally at home among the peasant and the elite, the laborer and the artist. He listens to steel drum bands, delights in the Congo dancing that closes out Havana’s Carnival, and observes vodou and Rastafarian rites, all with the generous curiosity and easy erudition that readers will recognize from his subsequent classic accounts A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water.
