" Not only for use in the Mammoth Cave area, this guide is widely useful in a large area, including much of the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. An in-depth field guide to 400 wildflowers found along the trails and roads within the park. Each wildflower is represented by a brilliant full-color photograph and accompanied by identifying characteristic text that specifies the colors, floral and leaf forms, flowering time, native or introduced status, as well as the plant's folklore and history, its past herbal or medicinal use, and myriad other facts and myths. For those enthusiasts eager to search for new discoveries, the appendix provide tables showing the observed flowering period, a flower hunting planning guide, and an index of flowers by trail. A lasting and memorable introduction to the park's wildflowers--nearly all of which extend throughout Kentucky and neighboring states-- Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park is an indispensable tool for the amateur enthusiast and the professional botanist alike.
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Seymour's guide focuses on hundreds of species of wildflowers in the numerous habitats of the Mammoth Cave area parkland in Kentucky. Arranged by season of bloom and color, it is aimed at nature lovers who do not necessarily possess any knowledge in the field of botany. An interesting feature--the flower-hunting planning guide--is meant to help enthusiasts target those times when they can be fairly certain to find a bevy of blooming plants. Seymour also provides herbal lore, plant history, and additional descriptive details. Color photographs assist in identification. Alice Joyce
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"Seymour promises to help readers identify more than 400 species of flowers, shown in cull-color photos along with detailed descriptions." -- Knoxville News Sentinel
"The book is so informative and beautiful, it teeters dangerously upon gratifying the reader without having to visit the place." -- Southern Seen
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excellent guide to the wildflowers of central kentucky,
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Mr. Seymour's descriptions and pictures of the wildflowers of the cave area are clear and easily used. His comments add an extra dimension to the usual guide book.
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The book is a very good guide for wildflowers in the area with lots of photos.
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Excellent quick reference for MCNP,
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This book's organization is straigtforward--by season, then by color. The back pages contain a trail-by-trail list of what flowers are found where. This feature along with the clear descriptions & photos helped this beginner to identify several flowers in Mammoth Cave NP.
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Leaves at the middle of this slender, 1' to 2 1/2' plant are in whorls of 4. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pointed spatulate, short petioled, winged petioles, pointed ovate, shallow toothed, smooth plant, narrow lanceolate, upper leaf axils, pealike flowers, toothed segments, smooth margined, finely hairy, outer bracts, branching plant, long petioled, disk florets, smooth stem, yellow rays, purplish stem, terminal leaflet, tubular flowers, linear lanceolate, backcountry trails, calyx lobes, corolla tube Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native Americans, United States, Wild Turkey, Frequent Another, Infrequent Several, North America, White-Tailed Deer, Infrequent Also, Infrequent There, Infrequent Two, Violaceae April New!
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Leaves at the middle of this slender, 1' to 2 1/2' plant are in whorls of 4. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pointed spatulate, short petioled, winged petioles, pointed ovate, shallow toothed, smooth plant, narrow lanceolate, upper leaf axils, pealike flowers, toothed segments, smooth margined, finely hairy, outer bracts, branching plant, long petioled, disk florets, smooth stem, yellow rays, purplish stem, terminal leaflet, tubular flowers, linear lanceolate, backcountry trails, calyx lobes, corolla tube Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native Americans, United States, Wild Turkey, Frequent Another, Infrequent Several, North America, White-Tailed Deer, Infrequent Also, Infrequent There, Infrequent Two, Violaceae April New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Native Americans by Marion Wood on page 102, and page 166
- Medicinal Plants by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Growing Woodland Plants by Clarence and Eleanor Birdseye in Back Matter
- Woodland Plants by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Stalking The Healthful Herbs by Euell Gibbons in Back Matter
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- Plant Life of Kentucky: An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora by Ronald L. Jones on page 101, and Back Matter
- Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky by Thomas G. Barnes in Back Matter
- The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship, and Family by Walt Harrington in Back Matter
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