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OUR NATIVE TREES: TWO COMPREHENSIVE VOLUMES
Authors: Reviewed by Les MolloyPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2011, Issue N.Z.J.For. 56(4) 2012, pp 41-42, Jan 2012
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: New Zealand’s Native Trees, John Dawson & Rob Lucas (with Jane Connor), 2011, Craig Potton Publishing, 576pp. Rrp: $120 (Deluxe limited edition, $180). Wardle’s Native Trees of New Zealand and their story, John Wardle (with principal photographer Ian Platt), 2011, NZ Farm Forestry Association with Bateson Publishing Ltd, 398pp. Rrp: $95. It is now more than 30 years since Reeds published the first large format full colour book of our native trees – J.T.Salmon’s “The Native Trees of New Zealand”. Salmon’s 384-page volume set a high standard in production values for its day but scientific advances over the intervening decades, particularly taxonomic revisions through DNA sequencing, have meant that an up-to-date, informative, illustrated reference book on such an important part of our natural heritage is long overdue. However, two major large-format comprehensive volumes (each with an alleged gestation of 6-7 years) in the space of a couple of months is a double blessing.