Australian Wood Review

Australian Forest Woods

Australian Forest Woods (CSIRO Publishing, 2019), is the second book in this series by Morris Lake, following on from Australian Rainforest Woods (CSIRO Publishing, 2015), which was the cover story in AWR#88.

The first thing to note about these books is that both titles contain the word ‘woods’, rather than ‘trees’. The subtitle of both books is the same: ‘Characteristics, Uses and Identification’, again referring

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