First Field Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa


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Sasol First Field Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa provides an introduction to grasses and a guide to 44 southern African species. These represent conspicuous, widespread grasses, weedy roadside species, invasive aliens, and horticulturally useful grasses as well as important indigenous food species. Full-colour photographs, distribution maps and easy-to-read text make this a useful guide for the beginner and budding naturalist and a pathway to discovering the unique features and uses of some of the large variety of southern Africa's grasses.




Sasol First Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Africa


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Sasol First Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the wild flowers of the region. Through full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text, the beginner and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common wild flowers that grow in southern Africa, discover where they are found, and learn about their unique features.




Sasol First Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa


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Sasol First Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the wild animals of the region. Through full-colour photographs and distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the beginner and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common mammal species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and breeding habits.




Sasol First Field Guide to Animal Tracks of Southern Africa


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This First Field Guide to Animal Tracks of Southern Africa will help those with an interest in interpreting animal tracks to identify the animals that have passed through an area. Full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text will enable the beginner and the budding naturalist to decipher the more common tracks encountered in southern Africa, learn about the unique features of each spoor and discover more about the animals that leave the spoor.




Sasol First Field Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa


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Sasol first field guide to grasses of Southern Africa provides an introduction to grasses and a guide to 44 southern African species.




Sasol First Field Guide to Skywatching in Southern Africa


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Sasol First Field Guide to Skywatching in Southern Africa provides a fascinating insight into the southern skies by night. Full-colour photographs and illustrations, monthly star charts and easy-to-read text will help the budding astronomer to identify the more visible objects in our night skies, as well as those that are less obvious, and discover some of the extraordinary phenomena of our galaxy.




Sasol First Field Guide to Common Birds of Southern Africa


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Sasol First Field Guide to Common Birds of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the birdlife of the region. Through full-colour photographs and distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common bird species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and nesting habits.




Sasol First Field Guide to Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants of Southern Africa


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This field guide introduces the little-documented world of parasitic and carnivorous plants, a category of flora that is often overlooked. This title explains how these unusual plants grow and reproduce, and why they are dependent on other species in order to flourish.




First Field Guide to Fynbos of Southern Africa


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Sasol First Field Guide to Fynbos of Southern Africa is a beginner's guide to one of the most complex and fascinating communities of plant species in the world. Included in this guide are particularly striking specimens and those that display typical fynbos features. Full-colour photographs, distribution maps, and easy-to-read text will help the beginner and emerging naturalist to discover where fynbos occurs, how it has evolved and survives and how to recognize and identify specimens in the field.




Sasol First Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Southern Africa


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Sasol First Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the arachnids of the region. Through full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique habits.