{"product_id":"trees-and-shrubs-of-british-columbia","title":"Trees and Shrubs of British Columbia","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr Brayshaw's beautifully detailed illustrations of leaves, flowers, fruits and woody parts are arranged to show the distinguishing features in similar species. These comparitive drawings, along with diagnostic keys and a selection of colour photographs will help you identify any tree or shrub in BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Introduction: \"To qualify for inclusion in this book, a plant must have a perennial more-or-less woody stem above ground that bears overwintering buds and does not die back to its basal stem or rhizome in the soil in winter. This group includes trees, shrubs and woody vines. Trees have a single stem from the ground up and are at least two metres tall. Shrubs are multi-stemmed from the ground and can be any size. Vines are so slender that, whether twining or not, they cannot support their own weight without the help of other vegetation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting a relatively inexpensive and easy-to-use field guide to the woody plants of British Columbia.\" -- Ben LePage, \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Field Naturalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal BC Museum Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr T. Christopher Brayshaw is a retired Curator Emeritus of Botany at the Royal BC Museum. He has written major works on several important groups of plants in British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books by T. Christopher Brayshaw:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Catkin-Bearing Plants of British Columbia\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/catkin-bearing-plants-of-british-columbia\/\"\u003eCatkin-Bearing Plants of British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Plant Collecting for the Amateur\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/plant-collecting-for-the-amateur\/\"\u003ePlant Collecting for the Amateur\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Pondweeds and Bur-reeds and Their Relatives of British Columbia\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/pondweeds-and-bur-reeds-and-their-relatives-of-british-columbia\/\"\u003ePondweeds and Bur-reeds and Their Relatives of British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44858005455062,"sku":"29115","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/Trees-Shrubs-col-323x5001.jpg?v=1704951860","url":"https:\/\/shop.rbcm.ca\/products\/trees-and-shrubs-of-british-columbia","provider":"Royal Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}