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Central Park Trees and Landscapes – A Guide to New York City`s Masterpiece

Autor Edward Barnard, Neil Calvanese
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mai 2016

The splendor of New York's most famous green space comes alive in this essential companion for nature lovers and travelers to New York. In more than 900 color images, a leading nature writer and a long-time Central Park naturalist detail the park's tree species and their place in the park's iconic landscapes. More than a botanical guide, this book cultivates an appreciation of the park as both a natural triumph and an embodiment of the city's varied spirit.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780231152877
ISBN-10: 0231152876
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 209 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.95 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press

Notă biografică

Edward Sibley Barnard and Neil Calvanese

Cuprins

Preface, by Neil Calvanese
Preface, by Edward Sibley Barnard
The Landscapes
An Island Shaped by Cataclysm, Ice, and Men
1782: A Countryside Denuded
1836: The Grid Foreshadowed
1870: The Greensward Plan Realized
A Succession of Grand Landscapes
Ball Fields and Pond (Map)
Playground and Ball Fields
The Pond
Mall and Meadow (Map)
The Mall
Sheep Meadow
The Dene
Lake and Ramble (Map)
The Lake
Bethesda Terrace
Strawberry Fields
The Ramble
Conservatory Water
The Glade and Cedar Hill
Great Lawn (Map)
The Great Lawn
Arthur Ross Pinetum
Reservoir (Map)
The Reservoir
Meadows (Map)
North Meadow
East Meadow
Wildflower Meadow
Woods and Meer (Map)
North Woods
Great Hill
Pool and Loch
Harlem Meer
Conservatory Garden
The Tree Guide
Using the Tree Guide
Conifers
Group 1: Scales, Evergreen
Group 2: Needles Single, Flat
Group 3: Needles in Tufts of 12 to 40
Group 4: Needles in Bundles
Group 5: Needles Stiff, 4-Sided
Broadleaf Trees
Group 6: Leaves Fan-Shaped, Parallel Veins
Group 7: Leaves Opposite, Lobed
Group 8: Leaves Opposite, Smooth
Group 9: Leaves Opposite, Toothed
Group 10: Leaves Palmately Compound
Group 11: Leaves Opposite, Compound
Group 12: Leaves Alternate, Compound
Group 13: Leaves Alternate, Lobed
Group 14: Leaves Alternate, Toothed
Group 15: Leaves Alternate, Smooth
Afterword
Notes and Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Foldout Map of Central Park