Book ID: 107009
Burrows, John, Ernst Schmidt, Sandra Burrows and Mervyn Lötter
Trees and Shrubs of Mozambique. 2018. approx. 4000 col. photogr. 1900 b/w line drawings. 1900 dot maps. 1114 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Mozambique is a land of immense variety of landscape and biologicaldiversity. However, its forests and woodlands are being cleared at analarming rate. With few exceptions, the country has no inventory ofits trees and shrubs, the component that forms the web or skeleton ofMozambqiue's vegetation. This book provides the first accurate andcomprehensive account of woody plants of Mozambqiue and their distribution and how to identify them through the use of keys,descriptions and illustrations. The book covers 1800 species of treesand shrubs. Over 4000 colour photographs, 1900 line drawings,illustrated vegetation types of Mozambique, conservation state, endemicand threatened plants. - A heavy book (4 kg.)