Many people are frustrated by their inability to determine the
identity of a woody plant growing in their backyards, neighborhood
parks, along a roadside or at a vacation site. Woody Plants for the
Central and Northern Prairies attempts to assist them by providing
descriptions and sketches of most of the native and exotic plants
that they are likely to find or wish to grow. This book includes
line drawn illustrations for ease of identification. The authors
decided that in promoting sustainable landscapes, they should
include both native and exotic woody plants adapted to a portion of
the Great Plains. Since many of the plants described are native or
adapted to other regions of the temperate zone, Woody Plants for
the Central and Northern Prairies will be a useful reference well
beyond the confines of the central and northern prairies of North
America. The book will be an excellent basic reference for
interested laypersons and teachers as well as professionals. It
attempts to provide factual information to professional and amateur
horticulturalists, landscape designers, foresters, students,
farmers and urban dwellers in the heartland of the United States.
Plants in the book can be identified by simple grouping charts and
without the use of tedious keys. They are presented in related
phylogenetic groups (orders, families, genera, species) based on a
modern theory of evolution. Species are arranged in sequence,
beginning with gymnosperms (Pinophyta), the most primitive and
progressing through the dicots (Magnoliopsida) and the monocots
(Liliopsida) of the angiosperms (Magnoliophyta). The angiosperms
are arranged in a sequence based on one of the latest theories of
plant evolution (Cronquist 1981) a theory which deviates
considerably from that of Rehder (1940) whose manual the authors
rely on as a valuable taxonomic resource. Subclasses, orders and
families are arranged in phylogenetic sequence. Within each family
and subfamily, the authors have arranged genera alphabetically.
Species are listed alphabetically under each genus unless easily
discernible characteristics, such as evergreen vs. deciduous,
permits grouping by common characteristics to aid in
identification. A concise paragraph titled "Planning" is included
for each species to provide information about plant size and habit,
date of bloom, foliage color, site requirements, zone of adaptation
and landscape use. Walter T. (Thaine) Bagley retired from the
University of Nebraska after 30 years devoted to tree improvement,
windbreak research and teaching forestry and horticulture classes.
He and wife, Virginia, live at Prairie Pines, a small farm on which
they established an environment during the past 40 years designed
to improve habitat for plants and animals including mankind.
Prairie Pines is also a Nebraska Statewide Arboretum site and home
to over 200 woody plant species. It is now being developed as a
University of Nebraska-Lincoln natural resources education center.
Richard K. Sutton is an Associate Professor and a registered
landscape architect; he teaches plant materials and landscape
design courses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has lived
in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Wisconsin, and has
traveled widely in the Great Plains including Canada observing,
identifying, and using the species which make up Woody Plants for
the Central and Northern Prairies. The illustrator, Nancy Scott,
grew up near Bloomington, Indiana, in a home surrounded by a wooded
area of native trees and plants with parents who fostered a strong
interest in nature in her. She graduated from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln with a BS degree in art. Her Masters degree is in
Recreation Administration from the University of Nebraska-Omaha
with a parks emphasis. She has been employed as a horticulturist
since 1975.
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