Discover the beauty?and importance?of the world's most threatened tree species. Forests cover
nearly a third of the world's surface and the trees that make them up include a staggering
diversity of more than 60 000 species. Individual trees play specific ecological roles in their
unique environments?and they have adapted to thrive on steep mountains in cloud forests on
dry savannahs in parched deserts and in tropical wetlands. Our history and our future are
interwoven with the trees that define the regions of our green planet. Rare Trees profiles over
60 unique species that are currently endangered?including the most charismatic fascinating
and downright bizarre examples from all around the globe. Filled with hundreds of color
photographs maps to help readers identify habitats and accessible and engaging text by tree
experts from the Global Trees Campaign Rare Trees will give readers a new appreciation for the
importance of trees and will inspire them to preserve this critical canopy of life.
