Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers (Wildflowers (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253214203 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Kay Yatskievych’s love of wildflowers began when she was growing up on a Johnson County, Indiana farm. Kay is a founding member of both the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society and the Brown County Spring Wildflower Count. Since 1990, she has been employed by the Missouri Botanical Garden as
Flowers that were introduced to the state or are on Indiana’s endangered, threatened, and rare list are marked with a one-word notation indicating their status.Species are grouped into families, which are arranged so that the most closely related and usually visually similar are in proximity. The book includes all of the herbaceous speciesa total of 1,568recorded in Indiana (except grasses, sedges, and rushes). Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers magnificently fills that gap. Forty percent or more of Indiana’s wildflowers will not be found in any of the available field guides. Many of her
Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Quick ship, as described. "A must have for those of us in Indiana who want to save the flora!" according to Michelle M. This book is an excellent source of native information. I combined it with several other books I have, along with additional photos of plants I am particularly interested in which I downloaded from Yahoo images. The only draw back to the book is that I needed more pictures to help identify the plants but as you can see, it was easily fixed!. Tania D. Doran said OK book for information.. This is NOT the book for identification of an unknown plant/flower. It's more for confirmation. It's system is very complex. One must already have a good idea as to what the flower/plant is in order to use this book. I recommend buying another field guide for identification purposes.
"Help is now at hand for Hoosier nature lovers. The book's complete listings, excellent graphics, and simplicity make it useful for both the professional botanist and the amateur nature lover." Indiana Alumni Magazine"Published just in time to figure out that the so-called weeds you pulled out by their roots are actually Indiana treasures, you can, nevertheless, take solace in learning of their ability to persevere despite human ignorance and perversity." NUVO