Field guide to more than 300 wildflowers conveniently arranged by flower color for easy identification. Includes vibrant color photos and descriptions.
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The first comprehensive guide to the common and characteristic wildflowers of the region, including Acadia, Fundy, Isle Royale, and Voyageurs National Parks and Adirondack Park.
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This review is from: North Woods Wildflowers (Wildflower Series) (Paperback)
This book is attractive and easy to use, but its astounding aspect is high technical quality of the text. The author clearly knows the plants of these great north country forests and meadows. While I could get lost in technical terms such as calyx lobes and corollas, its worth the trips to the glossary in back. At times, the "Habitat/Range" and "Comments" text reminds me of some of the great botanical works of a century ago. If you are looking for a general guide with the technical power to challenge and support field identifications, this book has no equal for these beautiful woods. If only for those flies and mosquitos of summer...
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bractlike stipules, individually stalked flowers, unbranched plant, smaller side petals, upper leaf stalks, cuplike calyx, seepy areas, shaded floodplains, stalkless bases, papery bases, tubular ovary, dangling lower lip, single nodding flower, stalked flower heads, blunt sepals, downturned edges, tubular spur, open sandy woods, hooded upper lip, springy areas, tiny bracts, main leaflets, tiny calyx, pale stamens, pointed sepals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bloom Season, Aster Family, North American Indians, Orchid Family, New England, New York, John's Wort, Rose Family, Buttercup Family, Heath Family, New Brunswick, Great Lakes, Carrot Family, Lake Michigan, Mint Family, North Woods, Snapdragon Family, Lake Superior, Bean Family, New Hampshire, Saxifrage Family, Buckwheat Family, Mustard Family, Bellflower Family, Gentian Family New!
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bractlike stipules, individually stalked flowers, unbranched plant, smaller side petals, upper leaf stalks, cuplike calyx, seepy areas, shaded floodplains, stalkless bases, papery bases, tubular ovary, dangling lower lip, single nodding flower, stalked flower heads, blunt sepals, downturned edges, tubular spur, open sandy woods, hooded upper lip, springy areas, tiny bracts, main leaflets, tiny calyx, pale stamens, pointed sepals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bloom Season, Aster Family, North American Indians, Orchid Family, New England, New York, John's Wort, Rose Family, Buttercup Family, Heath Family, New Brunswick, Great Lakes, Carrot Family, Lake Michigan, Mint Family, North Woods, Snapdragon Family, Lake Superior, Bean Family, New Hampshire, Saxifrage Family, Buckwheat Family, Mustard Family, Bellflower Family, Gentian Family New!
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- Puerto Rico: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean by Gordon K. Lewis in Front Matter
- Eastern Forests (Audubon Society Nature Guides) by Ann Sutton in Back Matter
- A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the North Woods of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (Sierra Club Naturalist's Guides) by Glenda Daniel in Back Matter
- After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America by E. C. Pielou in Back Matter
- Distribution of Illinois Vascular Plants by Professor Emeritus Robert H. Mohlenbrock in Back Matter
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