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Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast / Laura Cotterman, Damon Waitt, and Alan Weakley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Timber Press field guidePublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 511 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781604697605
  • 1604697601
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Wildflowers of the Atlantic SoutheastDDC classification:
  • 582.130975 23
LOC classification:
  • QK125 .C65 2019
Contents:
Introduction -- Climate, geography, and natural communities: reading and landscape -- Exploring for wildflowers -- How to use this book -- Key to wildflowers -- Understanding plant families and genera as an aid to plant identification -- White flowers -- Yellow flowers -- Red flowers -- Blue flowers -- Orange flowers -- Green flowers -- Brown flowers -- Glossary -- Resources for learning more.
Awards:
  • Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2021
Summary: Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast is an authoritative trail-side reference for hikers, naturalists, gardeners, and anyone wishing to learn more about the region's diverse flora. This comprehensive guide describes and illustrates more than 1,200 species, including perennials and annuals, both native and naturalized non-native. More than 1,300 superb color photographs, 1,200 range maps, and a user-friendly organization by color and other observable traits make identification easy. It covers Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania. -- Adapted from Barnesandnoble.com.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society New Books QK125 .C65 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700022832
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast is an authoritative trail-side reference for hikers, naturalists, gardeners, and anyone wishing to learn more about the region's diverse flora. This comprehensive guide describes and illustrates more than 1,200 species, including perennials and annuals, both native and naturalized non-native. More than 1,300 superb color photographs, 1,200 range maps, and a user-friendly organization by color and other observable traits make identification easy. It covers Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania. -- Adapted from Barnesandnoble.com.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Climate, geography, and natural communities: reading and landscape -- Exploring for wildflowers -- How to use this book -- Key to wildflowers -- Understanding plant families and genera as an aid to plant identification -- White flowers -- Yellow flowers -- Red flowers -- Blue flowers -- Orange flowers -- Green flowers -- Brown flowers -- Glossary -- Resources for learning more.

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2021

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