From Big D to the Big Thicket there is a land of beautiful prairies interwoven with groves of timber, stately pines, hardwoods, wisteria, honeysuckle, lilies, orchids, dogwoods, azaleas, and Texas Pride! Volume 1 of the Illustrated Flora of East Texas is the first fully illustrated flora for East Texas, a species-rich area (approximately the size of Georgia) that contains roughly two-thirds of all the plant species known for Texas. The book covers all the native and naturalized ferns and similar plants, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons (1,060 species) known to occur in East Texas. An introduction gives an overview of East Texas and includes discussions of the vegetation, geology, soils, climate, presettlement and early settlement conditions, floristic origins, conservation, and botanical history. The taxonomic treatments include family and generic synopses, keys and descriptions, derivations of scientific names, notes on toxic/poisonous and useful plants, and references to supporting literature. Line drawing illustrations are provided for all species, distribution maps for almost all species, and color photographs for nearly 200. The appendices address topics such as phylogeny, cladistics, nomenclature, endemic species, species of conservation concern, suggested native ornamentals, commercially important timber trees, and botanically related internet addresses.
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"Aside from top-notch attention to accurate information and technical detail, this manual is absolutely beautiful. The introductory material is packed with photos, maps, and paintings, many of them in full color. Layout is visually appealing and the book is easy to use. The amount of information presented is almost overwhelming, but it is packaged into discrete sections, providing an encyclopedic volume of pretty much everything one would ever want to know about the flora of the region. This book is large and heavy, not the sort of thing to carry into the field in your backpack (unless you are training for some athletic event)." --Theo Witsell --Claytonia, Vol. 26, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2006
"Economic Botany has reviewed 65 floras since 2000... Reviewers considered these contributions from 'quaint' to 'outstanding'. I consider this the best yet... This flora will be useful for everyone; it is wonderfully done! Anyone examining this volume will anxiously await the next two. The authors have again succeeded in achieving their goal to make a 'flora more user friendly'."
- Daniel F. Austin, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum --Economic Botany, Vol. 60, No. 4, Winter 2006
"Another magnificent work for the flora of East Texas... Simply Astounding!"
- Kelly Allred, Professor & Plant Identification Specialist, Department of Animal & Range Sciences --Personal Communication to Author, January 31, 2007
"Economic Botany has reviewed 65 floras since 2000... Reviewers considered these contributions from 'quaint' to 'outstanding'. I consider this the best yet... This flora will be useful for everyone; it is wonderfully done! Anyone examining this volume will anxiously await the next two. The authors have again succeeded in achieving their goal to make a 'flora more user friendly'."
- Daniel F. Austin, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum --Economic Botany, Vol. 60, No. 4, Winter 2006
"Another magnificent work for the flora of East Texas... Simply Astounding!"
- Kelly Allred, Professor & Plant Identification Specialist, Department of Animal & Range Sciences --Personal Communication to Author, January 31, 2007
About the Author
George Diggs is a faculty member in the Biology Department and Center for Environmental Studies at Austin College in Sherman Texas, and a Research Associate at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT). Barney Lipscomb, as the Dorothea Leonhardt Chair of Texas Botany, is head of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) Press. Monique Reed is the Herbarium Botanist in the Biology Department at Texas A&M University and coordinates undergraduate and graduate laboratories in flowering plant taxonomy and economic botany. Robert (Bob) O'Kennon is a Research Associate at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) has served on its Board of Trustees from its inception in 1987, and presently serves as Vice Chairman.
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This book is a great book for research,
This review is from: Illustrated Flora of East Texas (Hardcover)
I currently am employed at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. BRIT (Botanical Research Institute of Texas) has recently become our highly welcomed new neighbor. If you are interested or have a need to know about the flora of East Texas then this book is for you. It is detailed on every aspect of plants East Texas and the geology of Texas. The highly detailed drawings and photos are very helpful also. The authors did an impeccable job of compiling this very detailed book. You won't be dissatisfied with your purchase and it will be a welcome addition to anyone's Library.
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