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This informative field guide covers the wildflowers of the entire Appalachianregion which stretches from Quebec to northern Alabama encompassing theCatskills of New York the Berkshires of Massachusetts the Blue RidgeMountains of Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee and many mountain rangesin between. Using this book readers will learn to identify this regionswildflowers by shape color family and habitat.Ecologist and botanist Thomas E. Hemmerly encourages us to read the landscapein order to learn about plants habitats distribution and use. In his briefintroductory chapters he describes ecosystems such as mountain forests andwetlands to provide a context for the information on individual plant speciesthat will be valuable to both professional scientists and amateur naturalists. Practical The 378 color plates grouped by color for clear referenceappear alongside plant descriptions for ease of identification. Informative Each entry includes a description of the plants habitatabundance and geographical distribution along with information about itsethnobotanical economic or medicinal uses. An appendix lists and describesthe best places in the Appalachians for finding wildflowers. UserFriendly Diagrams of leaf and flower shapes area further aid to plantidentification. «
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