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Florida Wild Flowers - by C Ritchie Bell & Bryan J Taylor (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Florida boasts an extremely diverse flora, ranging from tropical species in the south to Appalachian Mountain remnants in the panhandle.
- Author(s): C Ritchie Bell & Bryan J Taylor
- 336 Pages
- Nature, Plants
Description
About the Book
This book is a helpful guide to identifying 500 species of Florida plant life, including rare as well as common wild flowers and characteristic trees, shrubs, vines, and ferns. Each description includes both common and scientific names, a range map, symbols to show the season of bloom, and a useful summary code of nine key plant, leaf, and flower characters, to aid in identification. With rich color photographs and brief, nontechnical notes to accompany each species, this handbook is a valuable reference for tourists, residents, students, and anyone interested in plants in all seasons of the year, from Pensacola to the Keys.Book Synopsis
Florida boasts an extremely diverse flora, ranging from tropical species in the south to Appalachian Mountain remnants in the panhandle. Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants is a helpful guide to identifying 500 species of Florida plant life, including rare as well as common wild flowers and characteristic trees, shrubs, vines, and ferns. Each description includes both common and scientific names, a range map, symbols to show the season of bloom, and a useful summary code of nine key plant, leaf, and flower characters, to aid in identification. With rich color photographs and brief, nontechnical notes to accompany each species, this handbook is a valuable reference for tourists, residents, students, and anyone interested in plants in all seasons of the year, from Pensacola to the Keys.Review Quotes
Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants should be welcomed by professional and amateur botanists as well as people who enjoy nature and wish to know only the common names of plants. . . . This book is a good addition by competent authors to the books on Florida's flowers."--Fairchild Tropical Garden Bulletin
A beautiful book, with 500 full-color photographs and a scientific, yet understandable, way of describing exactly what [is] what."--Fort Myers News Press
An elegantly definitive book."--Orlando Sentinel
Dimensions (Overall): 8.8 Inches (H) x 6.35 Inches (W) x 1.03 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.53 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Nature
Sub-Genre: Plants
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Theme: Flowers
Format: Hardcover
Author: C Ritchie Bell & Bryan J Taylor
Language: English
Street Date: February 26, 2007
TCIN: 88972066
UPC: 9780960868803
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-3678
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.03 inches length x 6.35 inches width x 8.8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.53 pounds
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