Description
This guide to common and unique plants found in forests of the Southeast thoroughly covers 330 species of forbs (herbaceous plants), grasses, vines, and shrubs, with a special emphasis on the plants role in wildlife sustenance. Packed with detailed color photographs, the book is a must-have for forest landowners, game and wildlife managers, biologists, outdoors enthusiasts, studentsanyone with an interest in the intricate and often unexpected interrelationships between the flora and fauna of our regions forests.
Features: Descriptions of native and nonnative (exotic or invasive) plants, including 330 species of forbs, in 180 genera: grasses, sedges, and rushes; woody vines and semiwoody plants; shrubs; palms and yucca; cane; cactus; ferns; and ground lichen650 color photosMap of physiographic provinces56 simple black-and-white drawings of flower parts, flower types, and inflorescences, leaf arrangements, leaf divisions, shapes, and margins, and parts of a grass plantGlossaryIndex of genera by family, index by wildlife species, and index of scientific and common names
Author: James H. Miller, Karl V. Miller
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 05/30/2005
Pages: 464
Weight: 2lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780820327488
Language: English
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