Thread: Field Guide Book( trees) recommendation request

We picked up a couple of good ones from the National Parks shop recently. We were targeting eucalypts but 1 of them has a good variety of species. I'll find it and list it here later.

Just found it, might not be the best for you as it is 'Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia". Still a good reference though. By Leon Costermans
The other one is a great reference with a really good method of identification for Eucalypts. It's called 'Eucalyptus, An illustrated guide to identification. By Ian Brooker and David Kleinig

im sure theres a few books kicking around but the best field guide was from TTIT ( vern's) website www.ttit.id.au its amazing with a heap of trees from out western qld showing the tree from afar the leaves up close the bark and a piece split to see what it looks like and a turned item i used it last year to find what dead finish looked like came home with half a ute load hope that helps

Thanks very much, yes the Emerald site is excellent...pity it's not available as a pdf, I'd be happy to make a contribution.
Will chase up those references...thanks again.
PS Troy on my recent trip I kept my trusty chainsaw close to my side in case some demented tree decided to hijack the van....but they all chickened out!!!
Hope to make a trip up your way before the year is out. ( My wife's eyes lit up when i said the words "Emerald" and "Sapphire" and then faded when I said "Brigalow". Wonder why??
Cheers
Boris

The CSIRO have a good one. the Euclyd database or something or other it is called, it has a lot of data about most of the aussie trees but it is like $150 or there abouts