Central Park Trees and Landscapes

Informationen zum Autor Edward Sibley Barnard and Neil Calvanese Klappentext The splendor of New York's most famous green space comes alive in this essential companion for nature lovers and travelers to New York. In more than 900 color images, a leading nature writer and a long-time Central Park naturalist detail the park's tree species and their place in the park's iconic landscapes. More than a botanical guide, this book cultivates an appreciation of the park as both a natural triumph and an embodiment of the city's varied spirit. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, by Neil Calvanese Preface, by Edward Sibley Barnard The Landscapes An Island Shaped by Cataclysm, Ice, and Men 1782: A Countryside Denuded 1836: The Grid Foreshadowed 1870: The Greensward Plan Realized A Succession of Grand Landscapes Ball Fields and Pond (Map) Playground and Ball Fields The Pond Mall and Meadow (Map) The Mall Sheep Meadow The Dene Lake and Ramble (Map) The Lake Bethesda Terrace Strawberry Fields The Ramble Conservatory Water The Glade and Cedar Hill Great Lawn (Map) The Great Lawn Arthur Ross Pinetum Reservoir (Map) The Reservoir Meadows (Map) North Meadow East Meadow Wildflower Meadow Woods and Meer (Map) North Woods Great Hill Pool and Loch Harlem Meer Conservatory Garden The Tree Guide Using the Tree Guide Conifers Group 1: Scales, Evergreen Group 2: Needles Single, Flat Group 3: Needles in Tufts of 12 to 40 Group 4: Needles in Bundles Group 5: Needles Stiff, 4-Sided Broadleaf Trees Group 6: Leaves Fan-Shaped, Parallel Veins Group 7: Leaves Opposite, Lobed Group 8: Leaves Opposite, Smooth Group 9: Leaves Opposite, Toothed Group 10: Leaves Palmately Compound Group 11: Leaves Opposite, Compound Group 12: Leaves Alternate, Compound Group 13: Leaves Alternate, Lobed Group 14: Leaves Alternate, Toothed Group 15: Leaves Alternate, Smooth Afterword Notes and Sources Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Foldout Map of Central Park...

Product details

• Authors: Edward Barnard, Edward S. Barnard, Edward S. Calvanese Barnard, Edward Sibley Barnard, Neil Calvanese, Calvanese Neil
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2016
• EAN: 9780231152877
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15287-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; New York, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, TRAVEL / Pictorials, NATURE / Plants / General, Travel & holiday guides, Trees, wildflowers & plants, Travel and holiday guides, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, New York (state)