More than 550 woody vines and shrubs native to Florida are covered in this easy-to-use field guide with line drawings and color photos. Useful to professional botanists as well as landscape architects and homeowners.
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I take my battered copy everywhere.,
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This review is from: The Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide (Reference and Field Guides) (Paperback)
When I first moved to SW Georgia, this book was recommended to me by a local field researcher. I used it daily trying to identify all the species in my yard and on the hiking trails. It was, and still is, indispensible. I found it to be highly comprehensive, well written and a wonderful aid for landscaping my yard. It is not a key so some knowledge of plant families is handy, but not necessary.
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Another excellent reference from Gil Nelson,
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I have several of Gil Nelson's reference/field guides, and this is a typical example of his fine work. It's somewhat hefty as a field guide, but that's because it is chock full of shrubs/small trees/vines. I really like the way it is organized into Families, this is so important for anyone who has more than just a passing interest in botany. For experienced botanists, the organization by Family will make it a very easy reference to use. For people who are not yet familiar with, or have less knowledge of plant families, this book will help to develop a knowledge of plant families and enrich your understanding of this subject while providing an easy to use reference. The color plates are all grouped together in the center of the book and line drawings within the text help to clarify important structures for identifying a particular plant. In addition to providing information that will help to identify a plant in the field, the text provides information on landscape usage. A fine book that should be in any serious gardener/naturalist library.
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The Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide is an excelent field guide. I recommend it. Great alyour and design. Very informative.
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The yew family is represented by two species in Florida, both of which are confined to the central Panhandle and are exceedingly rare. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
landscape use, urban form, hog plum, tardily deciduous shrub, shrubby stature, flowers help distinguish, rounded drupe, other pawpaws, shrublike stature, hammock margins, leaflets numbering, upper surfaces shiny green, hammock species, coastal hammocks, ellipsoid drupe, grayish pubescence, appearing late spring, leafy thorns, flowers being borne, jointed twigs, wet pine flatwoods, showy flower clusters, vinelike shrub, popular landscape plant, rounded berry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Distinguishing Marks, Florida Department of Agriculture, United States, Dade County, Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, Small Form, Highlands County, Apalachicola River, Lee County, North America, Roger Hammer, Brevard County, Gray Form, Marion County, South America, Big Pine Key, Florida Keys, West Indies, Ochlockonee River, Suwannee River, New World, Liberty Counties, Polk County, Jefferson County, Volusia County New!
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The yew family is represented by two species in Florida, both of which are confined to the central Panhandle and are exceedingly rare. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
landscape use, urban form, hog plum, tardily deciduous shrub, shrubby stature, flowers help distinguish, rounded drupe, other pawpaws, shrublike stature, hammock margins, leaflets numbering, upper surfaces shiny green, hammock species, coastal hammocks, ellipsoid drupe, grayish pubescence, appearing late spring, leafy thorns, flowers being borne, jointed twigs, wet pine flatwoods, showy flower clusters, vinelike shrub, popular landscape plant, rounded berry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Distinguishing Marks, Florida Department of Agriculture, United States, Dade County, Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, Small Form, Highlands County, Apalachicola River, Lee County, North America, Roger Hammer, Brevard County, Gray Form, Marion County, South America, Big Pine Key, Florida Keys, West Indies, Ochlockonee River, Suwannee River, New World, Liberty Counties, Polk County, Jefferson County, Volusia County New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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