Book Description
An expert identification guide to more than 2,000 of the most prominent plants of North America is complemented by easy-reference watercolor illustrations of an extensive variety of trees, flowers, shrubs, herbs and grasses.
Author : Tony Russell
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780754820765
An expert identification guide to more than 2,000 of the most prominent plants of North America is complemented by easy-reference watercolor illustrations of an extensive variety of trees, flowers, shrubs, herbs and grasses.
Author : Martin Walters
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Flowers
ISBN : 9780754817505
Flowering plants provide a welcome and colourful sight, whether long-loved shrubby perennials or bright and fleeting annuals. They are vital to our ecology and a clear indication of the health of the countryside.
Author : William Cullina
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Page : 1155 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Gardening
ISBN :
With Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, acclaimed horticulturalist and bestselling author William Cullina continues his authoritative three-part series on the native species of North America. This user-friendly guide encourages the concept of ecological gardening by working with strictly native flora, and presents a trove of helpful information with lively, easily accessible prose. This encyclopedic guide to temperate North American woody plants covers nearly one thousand native varieties, arranged alphabetically by genus and species. Writing with enjoyable, easy-to-read language and drawing from a deep wellspring of personal experience, Cullina discusses all of the important details you need to select and cultivate each species, including their taxonomic and genetic data, Latin name pronunciations, optimal geographic ranges, soil needs, light and habitat requirements, information about pruning and diseases, and propagation difficulty ratings. It also notes the value of each species for attracting wildlife and highlights the threat of invasive species. Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines is also beautifully illustrated with over 400 color photographs of each genus, and includes recommendations detailing conditions under which various species thrive. Cullina is also passionate about environmentally-responsible native plant landscaping and gives valuable advice with the larger environment in mind. This book is an indispensable resource for any landscape designer or home gardener's library.
Author : Michael A. Dirr
Publisher :
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,60 MB
Release : 2002
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Author : Gil Nelson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 36,19 MB
Release : 2014-07-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1400852994
The most comprehensive and user-friendly field guide to the trees of eastern North America Covering 825 species, more than any comparable field guide, Trees of Eastern North America is the most comprehensive, best illustrated, and easiest-to-use book of its kind. Presenting all the native and naturalized trees of the eastern United States and Canada as far west as the Great Plains—including those species found only in tropical and subtropical Florida and northernmost Canada—the book features superior descriptions; thousands of meticulous color paintings by David More that illustrate important visual details; range maps that provide a thumbnail view of distribution for each native species; "Quick ID" summaries; a user-friendly layout; scientific and common names; the latest taxonomy; information on the most recently naturalized species; keys to leaves and twigs; and an introduction to tree identification, forest ecology, and plant classification and structure. The easy-to-read descriptions present details of size, shape, growth habit, bark, leaves, flowers, fruit, flowering and fruiting times, habitat, and range. Using a broad definition of a tree, the book covers many small, overlooked species normally thought of as shrubs. With its unmatched combination of breadth and depth, this is an essential guide for every tree lover. The most comprehensive, best illustrated, and easiest-to-use field guide to the trees of eastern North America Covers 825 species, more than any comparable guide, including all the native and naturalized trees of the United States and Canada as far west as the Great Plains Features specially commissioned artwork, detailed descriptions, range maps for native species, up-to-date taxonomy and names, and much, much more An essential guide for every tree lover
Author : William Cullina
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780395966099
Offers information on growing and propagating over 1,000 different species of wildflower, and includes an encyclopedia of plants native to the United States and Canada.
Author : Thomas S. Elias
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 15,84 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781402767159
Presents a season-by-season guide to the identification, harvest, and preparation of more than two hundred common edible plants to be found in the wild.
Author :
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780881924046
This bestselling encyclopedia, illustrated with brilliant photographs, describes the best woody plants adapted to cooler climates, showing both habit and details of more than 500 species, and including some 700 additional cultivars and varieties. Brief cultural information is supplied for each plant, as well as Dirr's perceptive comments and opinions.
Author : Kathleen A. Robson
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 12,91 MB
Release : 2008-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0881928631
"Illustrated throughout with nearly 600 color photographs and original pen-and-ink drawings, the book is smartly separated by plant type into five encyclopedic sections. Detailed descriptions include temperature hardiness zones, flowering and fruit-ripening times, and recommendations for cultivation (light, soil, moisture, drainage) and siting, from streambanks to parking strips. Propagation methods and the native habitat and range are provided for each species; discursive notes on subspecies and related plants round out each entry. A series of lists suggesting natives for particular garden situations or themes - arid or sodden; hedgerows and meadows; hummingbird and rock gardens concludes the book."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Maarten J. M. Christenhusz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 022652292X
Evolution of land plant -- Plants and human culture -- Naming plants -- Classification and the angiosperm phylogeny group