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“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plan.” —Henry David Thoreau

Everyone knows what a tree looks like, right? But have you ever really seen the delicate flowers of a red maple? The emerging leaves of a tulip poplar? The twigs of a beech? When you look at a tree up close, a whole new world of form and detail emerges—you encounter beauty that you never knew existed, and you begin to appreciate trees in a whole new way. Through its delightful writing and dazzling photographs, Seeing Trees invites you to disco...

Features trees and 'tree places' that illustrate the enormous variety, startling beauty, and fascinating history of Virginia's trees. This book not only features Virginia's largest trees but also some of the state's oldest, including baldcypress trees over 800 years old in Southampton County and red cedars over 450 years old in Giles.