The Ash Tree

by Oliver Rackham

Overview

Oliver Rackham, the outstanding botanical writer of his generation, has written the first history and ecology of the ash tree, exploring its place in human culture, explaining Ash disease, and arguing that globalisation is now the single greatest threat to the world's trees and forests.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908213426
Publisher:	Global Book Sales
Publication date:	10/04/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Oliver Rackham was the outstanding botanical writer of his generation. His books include The History of the Countryside, Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape and Ancient Woodland and the Woodlands, which was the 100th volume in the Collins New Naturalist series. He was Honorary Professor of Historical Ecology at Cambridge Universityand was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College for 50 years. He was an Honorary member of the British Ecological Society and a Fellow of the British Naturalist's Association.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

1 The ash tree: what it is and how it behaves 13

2 The ash tree in prehistory and history 49

3 Veteran, ancient and exceptional ash trees 64

4 Cultural, spiritual and material ash 78

5 Pests and diseases 110

6 Recent past and future 136

Bibliography 168

Index and Glossary 171