Les Arbres Remarquables de Bourgogne. 2 vols. 2008 - 2015. illus. (col.). 815 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.- In French.

The first volume, published in 2008, presented around a hundred of the 600 remarkable trees and shrubs currently known in the four Burgundy départements. The second volume brings you the latest discoveries from this ongoing inventory, which in 2013 enabled us to present Burgundy's two largest oaks, France's most spectacular plane tree and one of Europe's three giant corm trees.

You'll also find out where to find the most exuberant hazel tree and some elder trees that are teasing records for the size of their species.

From 200-million-year-old fossilised trees to the future landscape of Burgundy in 2100, which will be covered in maritime pines and holm oaks, we take you on an arboreal exploration of our region.

From the granite Morvan surrounded by its sedimentary halo to the alluvial deposits of the great alluvial valleys, the remarkable trees are the expression of geological and climatic components. They also bear witness to the long history of this region, where the memory of the Dukes of Burgundy, Henri IV, Vauban, Conde', Buffon and Napoleon is perpetuated by a few tortuous green giants. Their roots reach deep into our past, from the time of the ravages of the Ecorcheurs to the exploits of the Resistance. The most venerable of them have been standing for four centuries, and their crowns, questioning the future, imperturbably face hurricanes, lightning and hail.

At a time when the planet is being ransacked by management, in a world of triumphant unsustainable development, remarkable trees remain a magnificent allegory designed to re-enchant human society.