Древесный атлас is a non-commercial illustrated reference devoted to seven remarkable trees from around the world. It explores how unusual adaptations help each species survive, and what those adaptations mean for the trees today. The atlas features Socotra’s dragon’s-blood tree, whose umbrella-shaped crown collects moisture from fog; Madagascar’s Grandier’s baobab, which stores water in its massive trunk; and the giant sequoia, whose cones open in the heat of wildfires.

It also describes the rainbow eucalyptus, known for bark that reveals changing colors as it peels, and Pando, an immense colony of quaking aspen stems connected by a single root system. The collection includes the long-lived bristlecone pine, whose dense, resinous wood can preserve dead trunks for millennia, and India’s great banyan, which spreads through aerial roots that become additional trunks. Each entry combines concise species facts with an explanation of the tree’s distinctive form and circumstances.

Measurements refer to published records for specific specimens, with ranges noted where expert estimates differ