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Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Plant life: general
This tabbed booklet focuses on Texas wildflowers, with detailed
photographs—organized by color—to help you easily identify the
wildflowers you see. At the cabin, in the park, or on a hike, keep
this tabbed booklet close at hand. Created by noted botanist and
travel writer George Oxford Miller, the booklet features only
wildflowers of Texas. When you see a wildflower in nature, open the
corresponding colored tab and view photographs of just a few
wildflowers at a time. The easy-to-use format and detailed
photographs, with key markings of more than 150 species, help to
ensure positive ID for even casual observers. The pocket-sized
format is much easier to use than laminated foldouts, and the
tear-resistant pages help to make the book durable in the field.
Book Features: Pocket-size format—easier than laminated foldouts
Professional photos of flowers in bloom Similar colors grouped
together to ensure that you quickly find what you’re looking for
Leaf icons for comparison and identification Easy-to-use
information for even casual observers As part of the Adventure
Quick Guides series, Wildflowers of Texas is portable and durable.
Designed for ease of use, every page in the spiral-bound guide
features several full-color, professional-quality images, as well
as short blurbs of text that provide the basic details needed for
positive identification. Adventure Quick Guides are pocket-sized,
so they are convenient to bring along on camping trips and other
outings.
Written by experts with extensive local knowledge, each volume
features 100 -280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect
to see in the field, with high quality photographs accompanied by
detailed species descriptions that include common name, scientific
name, size, distribution, habits and habitat. Also included is an
all-important checklist of all of the species of the region
encompassing for each one its common and scientific name, and IUCN
status.
Based on a 20-year survey organised by the Botanical Society of
Scotland, this is the most extensive and authoritative Flora of
Edinburgh and the Lothians to be published since 1927. In addition
to a complete Flora of vascular plants in the three Lothian
vice-counties, the book includes: *Specialist chapters on topics
ranging from fungi to ferns and from geology and climate to
ethnobotany. *A substantial Bryophyte Flora of Edinburgh and the
Lothians. *A discussion of land-use changes and the ecological and
phytogeographical indications from the survey. *A description of
the survey and details of the methods used in the compilation of
the Flora. *30 colour and black and white plates, nearly 400
distribution maps and other illustrations. The Lothians are rich in
diversity, from the moist uplands of the south to the dry, flat
lands of the north-east. Habitats range from seacoast to moorland,
from river and loch to woodland and meadow. In addition to this
variety, there is the impact of man as manifested by agriculture,
urbanisation, industry, and now climate change.Plant Life of
Edinburgh and the Lothians presents an up-to-date account of this
richness and will provide an essential basis for comparison with
the flora and vegetation of the future.
Each spring in America, old-timers and new converts to morel
hunting appear in the woods in search of the elusive but
distinctive morel, a mushroom well-known and loved in Michigan and
many other states for its superb flavor and culinary value.""How to
Find Morels"" covers all aspects of morel hunting and eating, from
identification of true and false morels, what to wear - and what
not to wear - and take with you on mushroom hunts; when to search
for morels; the best places to look for them; cleaning and
preservation methods; and, of course, delicious recipes. Although
the author's preferred hunting area is northern Michigan, his tips
can be used in any location in the U.S. It includes recipes by Lila
Pelouch.
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