Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast - A Field Guide

Klappentext Peter Del Tredici is Senior Research Scientist at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is author of A Giant Among the Dwarfs. He has been awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society Steward T. A. Pickett is a Plant Ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Zusammenfassung Characterized by an abundance of pavement! reflected heat! polluted air and contaminated soil! our cities and towns may seem harsh and unwelcoming to vegetation. However! there are a number of plants that manage to grow spontaneously in sidewalk cracks and roadside meridians! flourish along chain-link fences and railroad tracks! line the banks...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Del Tredici, Peter/ Pickett Del Tredici
• Edition: Cornell University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: à partir de 18 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 19.02.2010
• EAN: 9780801474583
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-7458-3
• Pages: 392
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Nature, technique > Nature: général, ouvrages de référence; Livres de conseils > Nature > Guides de la nature