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This page lists a selection of books about lime trees in Britain.

The books are arranged by publication date with the most recent at the top.


There are a number of pages covering books about British trees:

Identification guides
Urban trees
Hedgerows

More pages will be added as time allows.


For books about some specific families or species of trees see:

Ash
Elm
Hazel
Lime
Oak
Poplar
Rowan
Willow
Yew

 

Lime Trees and Basswoods: A Biological Monograph of the Genus Tilia

Donald Pigott

Cambridge University Press

2013

"Lime trees (Tilia spp.) are widely distributed and locally important members of northern temperate broad-leaved forests. In marked contrast to the largely uniform morphology of the genus its taxonomic treatment has become increasingly confused and controversial, with over one hundred species and numerous subspecies described. Using extensive data from field studies of natural populations around the world, this book clarifies the situation, proposing a revised taxonomy of 23 species and 14 subspecies. Detailed descriptions are provided for all recognised taxa and are accompanied by illustrations. Data from herbaria and cultivated trees are used to extend the analyses where appropriate and type specimens are included to stabilise nomenclature. Lime tree ecology is also considered, with an exploration of experimental and analytical data on regeneration, growth and reproduction in relation to climate and soils."

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Last updated September 2017