Summer wildflowers of the Northeast : a natural history / Carol Gracie ; with a foreword by Robert Naczi.

By:

Gracie, Carol [author.]

Contributor(s):

Naczi, Robert F. C. (Robert Francis Cox) [writer of foreword.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]Description: xii, 372 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780691199344
0691199345

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Summer wildflowers of the NortheastDDC classification:

582.130974 23

LOC classification:

QK117 .G682 2020

Contents:

Preface -- Species accounts. Alpine wildflowers ; American cranberry ; American ginseng ; American lotus ; Asters ; Beechdrops ; Blackberry-lily ; Bog orchids ; Broad-leaved helleborine ; Buckbean ; Bunchberry ; Cardinal flower ; Chicory ; Common milkweed ; Common mullein ; Evening-primrose ; Fringed gentian ; Fringed orchids ; Goldenrods ; Grass-of-Parnassus ; Indian pipe ; Jewelweed ; Jimsonweed ; Lilies ; Partridge-berry ; Passion-flowers ; Pipsissewa and related species ; Prickly pear ; Purple pitcher plant ; Queen Anne's lace ; Showy lady-slipper ; Swamp rose-mallow ; Wild leek ; Wild lupine ; Yellow pond-lily -- Glossary.

Summary: "This is a follow-up volume to Gracie's Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast. This new book treats 35 species of summer blooming wildflower some common, others less so concentrating on each species life history and, in the same manner as the earlier book, providing intriguing insights into the biology, ecology, folklore, and, where relevant, ethno-botany of each flower. Each species account is richly illustrated with a range of color photos"-- Provided by publisher.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	New Books	QK117 .G682 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700022904

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This is a follow-up volume to Gracie's Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast. This new book treats 35 species of summer blooming wildflower some common, others less so concentrating on each species life history and, in the same manner as the earlier book, providing intriguing insights into the biology, ecology, folklore, and, where relevant, ethno-botany of each flower. Each species account is richly illustrated with a range of color photos"-- Provided by publisher.