The Secret Life of Trees – Colin Tudge

The Secret Life of Trees - Colin Tudge
The Secret Life of Trees – Colin Tudge

One of those books I set aside… Partly because of the lure of Lethal White, and partly because I found the structure a bit of a slog: The Secret Life of Trees reads a bit like a list of trees padded out with taxonomic and evolutionary background. I craved some social or history detail.

I feel I ought to pick it up again at some point, seeing as I’d just got to Order Fagales aka Oaks, Beeches, Birches Hazelnuts and Walnuts, which covers most of the trees here at Forty Acres.

And yet….

Publisher page: The Secret Life of Trees: How They Live and Why They Matter – Colin Tudge