Flower Finder: A Guide to the Identification of Spring Wild Flowers and Flower Families East of the Rockies and North of the Smokies, Exclusive of Trees and Shrubs - Brossura

Watts, May Theilgaard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0912550007 ISBN 13: 9780912550008

Casa editrice: Nature Study Guild, 1955

Riassunto

Easily Identify the Flowers You Find!

Enjoy this essential guide to identifying spring wildflowers and flower families, written by celebrated ecologist May Theilgaard Watts. With this handy, easy-to-use book, you'll be able to identify a wide variety of flowers in no time.

Features:

• Covers the United States and southern Canada, east of the Rockies and north of the Smokies
• Pocket-size, key-style field guide fits in your pocket or pack, making it easy to take along with you
• Provides a series of simple questions, so you can find the family the flower belongs to, and then the name of the individual species

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Informazioni sull'autore

May Theilgaard Watts (1893-1975) was a teacher, writer, illustrator, and naturalist. Born in Illinois, she was a pioneer in the field of ecology.

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The ORCHID FAMILY (Orchidaceae)

Flowers irregular, with one petal forming a lip or pouch; stamens 1 or 2; pollen usually in sticky mass; seeds tiny, numerous.

If the lip is a pouch Go on page 13 to

If the lip is spreading Go below to

If the flower is rose-purple with lip created in 3 ridges, leaf after flowering season

It is ARETHUSA (SWAMP PINK) Arethusa bulbs

If the flower is pinkish purple and white

Is is SHOWY ORCHIS Orchis spectabilis

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Nature Study Guild
• Data di pubblicazione: 1955
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0912550007
• ISBN 13: 9780912550008
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 64
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Germania