Book Description

Grasses, those common and yet so very important plants, confound budding and experienced naturalists alike with some of their greatest identification challenges. The goal of this easy-to-use guide is to simplify some of these challenges. Instead of starting by focusing on the small details of the grass flowers (grasses have flowers?) the author's approach is to begin with the appearance of the plant seedhead and then narrow the choices within that category. Each of the 60 plant descriptions includes the important identifying characteristics of the grass as well as how to tell it from similar species. With this guidance, both the novice and the more advanced learner can enter this complex world of grasses and can join Charles Darwin in saying "I have just made out my first grass, hurrah! hurrah!"