Websites in this bibliography have been hyperlinked
Arburrow, Y., The Enchanted Forest (Capall Bann Publishing, 1993)
Bean, W. J. and eds, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles (John Murray, 8th edition revised, 1970)
Best, E., ‘The Maori Canoe’ (Dominion Museum Bulletin, no. 7, 1925; reprinted by the Government Printer, Wellington, 1976)
Bierhorst, J., Mitos Y Leyendas do Los Aztecas (Editorial Edaf, 1984)
Bosely, D., Jensen, J. and Sinclair, M., California (Rough Guides, 1996)
Boyer, M. F., Tree Talk (Thames & Hudson, 1996)
Bradt, H., Guide to Madagascar (Bradt Publications, UK, 1997)
Bradt, H., Schuurman, D. and Garbutt, N., Madagascar Wildlife (Bradt Publications, UK, 1996)
Brown, M., Dorset: Customs, Curiosities & Country Lores (Ensign Publications, 1990)
Carder. A., Forest Giants of the World Past and Present (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1995)
Cavalcante, P. B., Frutas Comestíiveis da Amazônia (Edições Cejup, 1991)
Chetan, A. and Brueton, D., The Sacred Yew (Arkana Penguin Books, 1994)
Collins, M. (ed.), The Last Rainforests (Mitchell Beazley, 1995)
Dockrill, A.W., Australian Indigenous Orchids (Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1992)
Edlin, H. L. and Nimmo, M. et al., The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees (Salamander Books, 1978)
Ell, G., King Kauri (Bush Press, New Zealand, 1996)
Ell, G., Kauri, Past and Present (Bush Press, 1994)
Elliot, W. R. and Jones, D. L., Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, vol. 7 (Lothian Books, 1997)
Elsasser, A. B., Indians of Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks (Sequoia Natural History Association, 1962)
Else, D., Murray, J. and Swaney D., Africa: The South (Lonely Planet, 1997)
Enright, N.J. and Hill, R. S., Ecology of the Southern Conifers (Melbourne University Press, 1995)
Escobar, B., Matthews, K. and White, D., ‘Pieces of the Puzzle’, in The Garden (December 1998)
Evelyn, J., Sylva (Stobart & Son, facsimile edition, 1979)
Farjon, A., A Natural History of Conifers (Timber Press Inc., 2008)
Fichtner, C, Gesegnete Brunnen (Landsberger Verlagsanstalt, 1992)
Floyd, A. G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South- eastern Australia (Inkata Press, 1989)
Fröhlich, H.J., Alte Liebenswerte Bäume in Deutschland (Cornelia Ahlering Verlag, 1989)
Gentry A. H., Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Conservation International, 1996)
Goerss, H., Unsere Baumveteranen (Landbuch Verlag, GmbH, 1981)
Grieve, H., A Modern Herbal (Penguin Books, 1984; first published by Jonathan Cape, 1931)
Guppy R, Wai-Wai (John Murray, 1958)
Hageneder, F., Yew – A History (Sutton Publishing, 2007)
Harden, G.J. (ed.), Flora of New South Wales, vol. 1 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1990)
Hart, C., British Trees in Colour (Michael Joseph, 1973)
Hayward, B.W., Kauri Gum and the Gumdiggers (Bush Press, Auckland, 1989)
Holliday, I., A Field Guide to Australian Trees (Landsdowne Publishing, 1995; first published by Rigsby Publishers, 1969)
Hora, B. (ed.), The Oxford Encylopedia of Trees of the World (Oxford University Press, 1981)
Hight, J., Britain’s Tree Story: The History and Legends of Britain’s Ancient Trees. (National Trust Books, 2011)
Huxley, F, Affable Savages (Hart-Davis, 1956)
Jiménez,V., El Arbol de El Tule En La Historia (Codex Editores, 1990)
Johnson, H., Encyclopedia of Trees (Mitchell Beazley, 1984)
Johnson, H., The International Book of Trees (Mitchell Beazley, 1973)
Johnson, O., Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland (Kew Publishing, 2011)
Jones, W. R., Yosemite, The Story Behind the Scenery (KC Publications, 1989)
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Jordan, M., Plants of Mystery and Magic (Blandford, 1997)
Keen, L., Guide to Lebanon (Bradt Publications, UK, 1995)
Kelley, M. S., Congress Trail: Sequoia National Park (Sequoia Natural History Association, 1978)
Lewington, A., Plants for People (Natural History Museum, 1990)
Lewington, A., Plants for People (Eden Project Books, 2003)
Mabberley D. J., The Plant-Book (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
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Marren, P., Woodland Heritage (David & Charles, 1990)
Matus, M., Los Zapotecas Binni Záa (Dirección General de Culturas Populares, 1991),
Menninger, E. A., Fantastic Trees (Timber Press, 1995)
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Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (eds), The World List of Threatened Trees (World Conservation Press, 1998)
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Pakenham,T, Meetings with Remarkable Trees (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996) Parmer, E. and Pitman N., Trees of South Africa (A. A. Balkema, 1961)
Paterson, J. M., Tree Wisdom (Thorsons, 1996)
Pickering, D., Dictionary of Superstition (Cassell, 1985)
Porteous, A., The Lore of the Forest (Senate, 1996; first published by Allen & Unwin, 1928)
Rackham, O., Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape (J. M. Dent, 1976) Radford, E. and M.A., Encylopedia of Superstition (Hutchinson, 1969)
Riley, M., New Zealand Trees & Ferns (Viking
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Rosenblum, M., Olives, The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit (Absolute Press, 1996)
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Salmon, J.T., The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Native Trees (Reed Books, 1996; first published 1986)
Sastri, B. N. (chief ed.), The Wealth of India (Delhi, 1950)
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Stokes, J and R. D., The Heritage Trees of Britain and Northern Ireland (Constable, 2004)
Venter, F. and J. A., Making the Most of Indigenous Trees (Briza Publications, 1996)
Vickery R., Oxford Dictionary of Plant Lore (Oxford University Press, 1995) Wallace, A. R., A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro (Ward, Lock, 1889)
Werner, E.T. C, Myths & Legends of China (Graham Brash, Singapore, 1984; reprinted 1995)
White, E., The Flowering of Gondwana (Princeton University Press, 1990)
White, J., Estimating the Age of Large and Veteran Trees in Britain (Information Note: Forestry Commission, November 1998)
Wildwood, C, The Encyclopedia of Healing Plants (Piatkus, 1997)
Williamson, R., The Great Yew Forest (Macmillan, 1978)
Wilson, E.H., China: Mother of Gardens (Benjamin Blom Inc, 1971)
Woodcock, M. W, ‘The Auracaria Imbricata or Monkey Puzzle Tree’, in The Tree Lover, vol. 3 (1941)
Woodward, M. (ed.), Gerard’s Herball (Bracken Books, 1985)
A number of issues of the following journals were also consulted:
Economic Botany (New York Botanic Garden); Kew (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew); New Scientist (Reed Business Information Ltd); Non-Wood Forest Products (FAO, Rome) Non-Wood News (FAO, Rome); Plant Talk (National Tropical Botanic Garden); Tree News, (Think Publishing); Yew News (Conservation Foundation)
The following websites may also be useful :
General
UK
www.woodland-trust.org.uk/ancient-tree-forum
USA
www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/identifying-bristlecone-pines.htm
Mexico
www.conifers.org/cu/Taxodium_mucronatum.php
www.treesofnorthamerica.net/trees/Taxodium+Mucronatum
Chile
www.globaltrees.org/ps_mp_chile.htm
New Zealand
www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-plants/kauri
www.communities.co.nz/WaipouaForest
www.teara.govt.nz/en/conifers/4/3
www.conifers.org/po/Podocarpus_totara.php
Australia
South Africa/Madagascar
www.scientific-web.com/en/Biology/Plants/Magnoliophyta/Adansonia.html
www.dendro.co.za/uploads/2/8/2/1/2821110/nrbtsa.pdf
Spain
http://www.bosquessinfronteras.org/
http://trepalari.org/paginas_interes.htm
http://www.aearboricultura.org/
Belgium
http://www.duizendjarigeeik.be/
http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/
Hungary
http://dendromania.hu/index.php?old=linkek
Germany
Netherlands
http://www.boombastik.nl/
http://www.bomenstichting.nl/
Poland
http://www.deby.bialowieza.pl/index.php5
Switzerland
http://www.proarbore.com/startseite
Greece
www.europeanancienttrees.com/greece.html
Lebanon