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A Forest Language: Words That Illuminate the Astonishing World of Trees

by Hannah Fries

The language of trees and forests

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The language of trees and forests

Hannah Fries uses ecological vocabulary as a way into the world of trees, tracing how scientific terms can carry unexpected histories and images. Questions about words such as “crown shyness” and “heartwood” open onto both their literal meanings and their figurative associations. The collection connects the study of forests with the human language used to describe them, considering how those words can illuminate our relationship with nature. Its essays bring scientific ideas and metaphor into conversation, making terminology itself a subject of exploration.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in trees, forests, and ecological subjects.
  • Readers who enjoy essays connecting science, language, and metaphor.
  • Readers curious about the meanings and histories of nature-related words.

Themes

Trees and forestsEcological terminologyEtymology and metaphorHuman relationships with nature

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Book overview

This beautifully illustrated essay collection offers a curious and creative invitation into the world of trees and the words we use to understand them.

What is crown shyness, and how could a tree be shy? What is heartwood, and what does it have to do with the heart? So often even our scientific terms are rife with surprising etymologies and images that may reveal as much about us humans and our relationship to nature as they do about the things they describe. Words related to trees and forests are no exception.

With a poet's sensibility, Hannah Fries peels back the layers of these ecological terms, reflecting on their meaning both literally and figuratively, intertwining science and metaphor.
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