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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803293062
ISBN-139780803293069
eBay Product ID (ePID)2428266
Product Key Features
Edition6
Book TitleNorth American Wildland Plants : a Field Guide
Number of Pages506 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, General
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Science
AuthorJames Stubbendieck, L. M. Landholt, Stephan L. Hatch
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-042698
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"An excellent field guide for amateurs and professionals who want to identify the common species in non-forested regions of North America. . . . The species accounts include excellent, detailed line drawings, range maps, taxonomy, reproductive and vegetative characteristics, forage value, and habitat."-- Wildlife Activist
Dewey Decimal581.7/4/097
Synopsis"North American Wildland Plants" is the sixth edition of North American Range Plants. This comprehensive reference contains the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America and will help individuals with limited botanical knowledge as well as natural resource professionals to identify wildland plants. The two hundred species of wildland plants in this book were selected because of their abundance, desirability, or poisonous properties.Each of the illustrations has been enhanced to maximize the use of this book as a field guide. Each plant description includes characteristics for identification, an illustration of the plant with enlarged parts, and a general distribution map for North America. Each species description includes nomenclature; life span; origin; season of growth; inflorescence, flower or spikelet, or other reproductive parts; vegetative parts; and growth characteristics. Brief notes are included on habitat; livestock losses; and historic, food, and medicinal uses.", North American Wildland Plants is the sixth edition of North American Range Plants. This comprehensive reference contains the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America and will help individuals with limited botanical knowledge as well as natural resource professionals to identify wildland plants. The two hundred species of wildland plants in this book were selected because of their abundance, desirability, or poisonous properties. Each of the illustrations has been enhanced to maximize the use of this book as a field guide. Each plant description includes characteristics for identification, an illustration of the plant with enlarged parts, and a general distribution map for North America. Each species description includes nomenclature; life span; origin; season of growth; inflorescence, flower or spikelet, or other reproductive parts; vegetative parts; and growth characteristics. Brief notes are included on habitat; livestock losses; and historic, food, and medicinal uses., Comprehensive reference containing the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America