Forty Ways to Know a Tree

Exploring Trees to Understand Nature

Joan Maloof, Sara Nunan

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781797238036
• eBook ISBN:
  9781797238043
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• introduction
• [One] at its birth
• [Two] by its breathing
• [Three] by its coat
• [Four] by its rings
• [Five] by its height
• [Six] by its girth
• [Seven] by its shape
• [Eight] by its branching
• [Nine] by its roots
• [Ten] by its bark
• [Eleven] by its leaves
• [Twelve] by its veins
• [Thirteen] by its flowers
• [Fourteen] by its pollen
• [Fifteen] by its fragrance
• [Sixteen] by its seasonal colors
• [Seventeen] by its cones
• [Eighteen] by its fruits
• [Nineteen] by its nuts
• [Twenty] by its pods
• [Twenty-One] by its thorns
• [Twenty-Two] by its honey
• [Twenty-Three] by its sap
• [Twenty-Four] by its wood
• [Twenty-Five] by its shelter
• [Twenty-Six] as a colony
• [Twenty-Seven] as a community
• [Twenty-Eight] as a nursery
• [Twenty-Nine] by its shade
• [Thirty] through its animals
• [Thirty-One] by its birds
• [Thirty-Two] by its insects
• [Thirty-Three] by its fungi
• [Thirty-Four] as a carbon bank
• [Thirty-Five] by its death
• [Thirty-Six] as an air conditioner
• [Thirty-Seven] as a water purifier
• [Thirty-Eight] by its song
• [Thirty-Nine] as creativity and inspiration
• [Forty] as an experience
• resources & references
• index
• acknowledgments
• Copyright