Ecological approach to natural history provides complete descriptions of 80 common wetland plants.
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Amelia Hansen has been a freelance illustrator since 1989, specializing in nature and natural history subjects. She lives near Kalamazoo, Michigan.
John Eastman is the author of several Stackpole Books. He lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
John Eastman is the author of several Stackpole Books. He lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Unique resource for understanding this ecosystem,
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This review is from: Book of Swamp & Bog, The: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern Freshwater Wetlands (Paperback)
The authors' love of nature and years of experience clearly show in this unique field guide. Most books have an encyclopedic and repetitive approach. In contrast, this book looks at the individual plants and how they fit into the entire ecosystem ranging from companion plants, and dependent bird, mammal, and insect species. I have not seen another book that describes eastern wetlands in as much detail and yet still be highly readable.
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This review is from: Book of Swamp & Bog, The: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern Freshwater Wetlands (Paperback)
This is a really great book. It explains way more then you would expect for a field guide. It goes in depth about each plant, animals that depend on them and other interesting tidbits that you wont find in any other guide. The awsome illustrations are done so beautifully and true to life no one should have any problems idtentifying plants on the trail. They also truly give this book a nice touch. It's like a book of old documenting new discoveries!
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Great book!,
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This review is from: Book of Swamp & Bog, The: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern Freshwater Wetlands (Paperback)
This is a must have book if you live in areas with swamps/bogs. Its so accurate I'm just amazed. It is also very easy to use. It has drawings and it talks not only about id of the plants but also their "lifestyle" (e.g. how they reproduce, various ideosyncasies of the plants, insects that are associated etc.) Each plant also has a short section on lore which adds a nice bit of history. I really like the book
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Alder, Speckled (Alnus rugosa). Birch family. Shrub or small tree in wet thickets. Its egg-shaped leaves with prominent veins on the underside, drooping catkins, and white-speckled bark identify it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common plant associates, caterpillar feeders, common wetland species, bog twayblade, common pintails, common smartweed, mammal feeders, chief pollinators, shrub associates, northern white cedar swamps, fen habitats, club fungus, emergent herbs, bog goldenrod, gall gnats, duckweed species, blotch mines, sphagnum hummocks, common elderberry, sedge fens, swamp loosestrife, foliage feeders, submersed plants, bog heaths, halictid bees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New England, Native Americans, Charles Darwin, Great Lakes, Old World, Queen Anne New!
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Alder, Speckled (Alnus rugosa). Birch family. Shrub or small tree in wet thickets. Its egg-shaped leaves with prominent veins on the underside, drooping catkins, and white-speckled bark identify it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common plant associates, caterpillar feeders, common wetland species, bog twayblade, common pintails, common smartweed, mammal feeders, chief pollinators, shrub associates, northern white cedar swamps, fen habitats, club fungus, emergent herbs, bog goldenrod, gall gnats, duckweed species, blotch mines, sphagnum hummocks, common elderberry, sedge fens, swamp loosestrife, foliage feeders, submersed plants, bog heaths, halictid bees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New England, Native Americans, Charles Darwin, Great Lakes, Old World, Queen Anne New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Insectivorous Plants by M. a. F. R. S. Darwin on page 186
- Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin on page 186
- Paley's Natural Theology by William Paley on page 218
- Frog in a Bog by John Himmelman in Back Matter
- Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants by Greg Speichert on page 158
- The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-tails, and Selected Bamboos by Rick Darke in Back Matter
- The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest by Rick Darke in Back Matter
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