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Autore: | Forrest M |
Titolo: | Landscape Trees and Shrubs [[electronic resource] ] : Selection, Use and Management |
Pubblicazione: | Wallingford, : CABI, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
Disciplina: | 635.977 |
Soggetto topico: | Ornamental trees |
Ornamental shrubs | |
Landscape gardening | |
Agriculture | |
Earth & Environmental Sciences | |
Plant Sciences | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Functional Uses of Vegetation in Urban and Rural Areas; Design; Environmental; Engineering; Aesthetic Functions of Trees and Shrubs; Detrimental Effects of Vegetation in Urban Areas; Further Investigation; References; 2 Ornamental Qualities of Trees and Shrubs; Growth Rate; Plant Size; Shape; Habit; Types of Foliage; Flowers and Fruit; Bark; Further Investigation; Further Reading; 3 Plant Identification - an Introduction; Botanical Classification; Common or Colloquial Names; Why do Plant Names Change?; What's in a Name |
Scheme for the Identification and Use of Plants by FamilyReferences; 4 Plant Families; Aceraceae Maple; Aquifoliaceae Holly; Araucariaceae Monkey Puzzle, Chile Pine; Asteraceae (Compositae) Daisy; Berberidaceae Barberry; Betulaceae Birch; Buddlejaceae Buddleja; Buxaceae Box; Caprifoliaceae Elderberry; Abelia; Lonicera (honeysuckle); Sambucus (elderberry); Symphoricarpos; Viburnum; Weigela; Celastraceae Spindle Bush; Cistaceae Rock Rose; Cornaceae Dogwoods; Cupressaceae Cypress; Ericaceae Heather; Fabaceae Broom, Laburnum and Gorse; Landscape trees from the Fabaceae; Landscape climbers | |
Landscape shrubsNative shrubs; Fagaceae Beech and Oak; Nothofagus (southern beech); Quercus (oak); Fagus (beech); Ginkgoaceae Ginkgo or Maidenhair Tree; Hamamelidaceae Witch Hazel; Hippocastanaceae Horse Chestnut; Juglandaceae Walnut; Lamiaceae Dead-Nettle or Mint; Magnoliaceae Magnolia and Tulip Tree; Malvaceae Mallow and Hibiscus; Myrtaceae Myrtle; Oleaceae Olive; Fraxinus (ash); Jasminum (jasmine); Ligustrum (privet); Osmanthus; Syringa (lilac); Pinaceae Pine, Cedar and Larch; Platanaceae Plane; Rhamnaceae Rhamnus and Ceanothus; Rosaceae Rose; Crataegus (hawthorn); Malus (crab apple) | |
Prunus (cherry, plum, peach and almond)Pyrus (pear); Sorbus (rowan or mountain ash, whitebeam); Shrubby genera in the Rosaceae; Cotoneaster; Rosa (rose); Other genera; Rutaceae Rue; Salicaceae Poplar and Willow; Saxifragaceae; Solanaceae Potato; Taxaceae Yew; Taxodiaceae Redwood; Tiliaceae Lime; Ulmaceae Elm; Vitaceae Vine; References; Further Reading; 5 Designing with Trees and Shrubs; Factors Influencing the Development of a Planting Scheme; Scale and situation; Site conditions; Soil; Development of a planting scheme; Plant associations; Post-planting management; Plants in a scheme | |
Characteristics of each plantPurchasing plants from a nursery; Trees: Selection, Use and Management; Parkland trees; Conifers; Street trees; Semi-mature trees; Ornamental trees; Native or naturalistic-style planting; Staking of trees; Management of trees; Shrubs: Selection, Use and Management; Ground-cover shrubs: selection, use and management; Selection of species and varieties; Planting centres and setting out; Hedges: Selection, Use and Management; Functions of hedges; Hedges: establishment and planting; Management of overgrown hedges; Climbers: Selection, Use and Management | |
Shrubs and Shrubberies | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. Most of the plants used come from a limited number of plant families and within these families, certain genera contribute very significantly. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Landscape Trees and Shrubs |
ISBN: | 1-280-73592-9 |
9786610735921 | |
1-84593-133-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910446346203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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