Pollinators of native plants : attract, observe and identify pollinators and beneficial insects with native plants / Heather Holm.

By:

Holm, Heather [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780991356300 (pbk.)
0991356306 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

595.715 23

LOC classification:

QL467.8 .H65 2014

Contents:

Pollination. Pollination ; Self-pollination ; Cross-pollination & flower development ; Floral resources and rewards ; Floral attractants: signals ; Flower morphology & resource access ; Mutualism between plant and pollinator ; Types of floral visitors -- Pollinators. Bees ; Wasps ; Beetles ; Butterflies & moths ; Flies -- Pollinator conservation. Urban/suburban landscapes ; Natural landscapes ; Agricultural landscapes ; Beneficial insects: ecosystem services ; Threats to native pollinators ; Pollinator conservation checklist.

Summary: "This comprehensive, essential book profiles over 65 perennial native plant species of the Midwest, Great Lakes region, Northeast and southern Canada plus the pollinators, beneficial insects and flower visitors the plants attract ... Readers learn to attract and identify pollinators and beneficial insects as well as customize their landscape planting for a particular type of pollinator with native plants. The book includes information on pollination, types of pollinators, pollinator conservation as well as pollinator landscape plans."--Page 4 of cover.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	New Books	QL467.8 .H65 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700018243

Total holds: 0

"Bees, butterflies, moths, wasps, flies, beetles"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-242) and index.

"This comprehensive, essential book profiles over 65 perennial native plant species of the Midwest, Great Lakes region, Northeast and southern Canada plus the pollinators, beneficial insects and flower visitors the plants attract ... Readers learn to attract and identify pollinators and beneficial insects as well as customize their landscape planting for a particular type of pollinator with native plants. The book includes information on pollination, types of pollinators, pollinator conservation as well as pollinator landscape plans."--Page 4 of cover.