Ladies'-tresses in Your Pocket - A Guide to the Native Ladies tresses Orchids, Spiranthes of the

Informationen zum Autor Paul Martin Brown is a research associate at the University of Florida Herbarium, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, and at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Founder and editor of the North American Native Orchid Journal , he is the author of eleven books, most recently Wild Orchids of the Northeast and Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Texas . He has discovered or named several new species of ladies'-tresses in the past ten years and co-authored the treatment of Spiranthes for the Flora of North America series. Klappentext Brown provides general distributional information! time of flowering! and habitat requirements for each species as well as a complete list of hybrids and the many different growth and color forms that can make identifying orchids so intriguing. He includes information on 25 species! 3 additional varieties! and 7 hybrids. Zusammenfassung Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but! nonetheless! still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in various states and provinces. This title presents a guide to the lady's-slippers and ladies'-tresses that cover the wild orchids of the United States and Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Martin Brown
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2008
• EAN: 9781587296567
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-656-7
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 235 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Bur Oak Guides; A Bur Oak Guide; A Bur Oak Guide; Bur Oak Guide; Bur Oak Guides
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works