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Choukas-Bradley, Melanie was born on August 20, 1952 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Michael Junior and Juanita May (Crosby) Choukas.
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Washington, D.C., boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and City of Trees has been the authoritative guide for locating, identifying, and learning about them for more than twenty-five years. The third edition is fully revised, updated, and expanded and includes an eloquent new foreword by the Washington Post’s garden editor, Adrian Higgins. In the introduction, Choukas-Bradley describes the efforts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other prominent Washingtonians who helped the nation’s capital evolve into the "City of Trees," a moniker regaining popularity thanks to present-day efforts encouraging citizen participation in tree planting and maintenance. Part 1 gives the reader a guided tour of the nation’s capital, highlighting historic and rare trees of the urban canopy. Part 2 is a comprehensive, simply worded, and fully illustrated botanical guide to the magnificent trees of the nation’s capital and surroundings. The guide also includes botanical keys, an illustrated glossary, exquisite pen-and-ink drawings by Polly Alexander, and color close-up photographs of flowering trees, many by the nationally acclaimed photographer Susan A. Roth. What to look for in the new edition: * Added locations: the FDR Memorial; the Smithsonian Institution gardens; the Tudor Place grounds; the Bishop’s Garden of the Washington National Cathedral; Audubon Naturalist Society sanctuaries; and much more. * "City of Trees" history from 1987 to 2007, including the establishment of Casey Trees and the importance of the urban canopy in the twenty-first century. * Twice as many pages of color photographs, new species descriptions and illustrations, and added habitat information. Published in association with the Center for American Places
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A thorough yet user-friendly companion to the authors’ popular paperback Sugarloaf: The Mountain’s History, Geology, and Natural Lore―both books are the result of a ten-year collaboration―this volume is an exquisitely illustrated guide to 350 eastern woodland wildflowers and trees found on site at Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland. Many of these plants also thrive across a wide region of the eastern United States and Canada, making this guide a remarkably helpful resource for both mid-Atlantic naturalists―amateur and experienced―and botanical enthusiasts across North America. Author Melanie Choukas-Bradley and illustrator Tina Thieme Brown have teamed up once again to create a practical tool for answering the age-old question frequently raised by visitors to the woods: "What is that plant over there?" At the same time, Choukas-Bradley and Brown aim to educate by presenting the plants grouped by family, so that the observer will learn to anticipate the presence of certain plants based on an understanding of their family characteristics. The text describes each plant’s flower, leaf, and growth habit, gives its ideal habitat and range, describes similar species that might be confused with the plant, and gives an herbal history where applicable. And because plants are organized by family and genus, the scholarly reader can build on his or her botanical knowledge. An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees includes a user-friendly key, an illustrated glossary of frequently used botanical terms, and is packed with nearly 400 elaborately and artistically detailed pen-and-ink drawings to make plant identification simple and fun.
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Choukas-Bradley, Melanie was born on August 20, 1952 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Michael Junior and Juanita May (Crosby) Choukas.
Bachelor in English, University Vermont, Burlington, 1974. Student, Pierce College, Athens, 1971. Postgraduate, United States Department Agriculture Graduate School, Chevy Chase, Maryland, since 1995.
From reporter to news director Radio Station WBRL, Berlin, 1975-1977. Research assistant subcommittee on oversight and investigations Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1978. Writer, since 1978
Earth Day chairman Sugarloaf Citizens Association, Barnesville, Maryland, 1990-1992, programs and education director, Celebrate Rural Montgomery, 2005, instructor botany United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, since 2006.
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Director programs and education Celebrate Rural Montgomery Campaign, 2005. Member tree ordinance board Town of Chevy Chase, Maryland, tree ordinance board. Board directors Maryland Native Plant Society, 2005—2008, vice president, board directors, since 2009.
Panel discussion moderator District of Columbia Environmental Film Festival, 2007. Member Maryland Native Plant Society (board directors).
Married James Richard Bradley, June 21, 1975. Children: Sophia Crane, Jesse Elliott.