This informative field guide covers the wildflowers of the entire
Appalachian region, which stretches from Quebec to northern
Alabama, encompassing the Catskills of New York, the Berkshires of
Massachusetts, the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, North
Carolina, and Tennessee, and many mountain ranges in between. Using
this book, readers will learn to identify this region's wildflowers
by shape, color, family, and habitat.
Ecologist and botanist Thomas E. Hemmerly encourages us to "read
the landscape" in order to learn about plants' habitats,
distribution, and use. In his brief, introductory chapters, he
describes ecosystems such as mountain forests and wetlands to
provide a context for the information on individual plant species
that will be valuable to both professional scientists and amateur
naturalists.
Practical: The 378 color plates, grouped by color for clear
reference, appear alongside plant descriptions for ease of
identification.Informative: Each entry includes a description of
the plant's habitat, abundance, and geographical distribution,
along with information about its ethnobotanical, economic, or
medicinal uses. An appendix lists and describes the best places in
the Appalachians for "botanizing."User-Friendly: Diagrams of leaf
and flower shapes are a further aide to plant identification.The
Appalachian Region: Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia
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