A Peterson Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North America Contributor(s): McKenny, Margaret (Author), Peterson, Roger Tory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395911729 ISBN-13: 9780395911723 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: Grouped by color and by plant characteristics, 1,293 species in 84 families are described and illustrated. Included here are all the flowers you're most likely to encounter in the eastern and north-central U.S., westward to the Dakotas and southward to North Carolina and Arkansas, as well as the adjacent parts of Canada. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - Flowers - Nature | Birdwatching Guides - Nature | Animals - Birds |
Dewey: 582.13 |
Series: Peterson Field Guides |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 4.52" W x 7.25" (0.85 lbs) 448 pages |
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Publisher Description: Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides--their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. Grouped by color and by plant characteristics, 1,293 species in 84 families are described and illustrated. Included here are all the flowers you're most likely to encounter in the eastern and north-central U.S., westward to the Dakotas and southward to North Carolina and Arkansas, as well as the adjacent parts of Canada. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peterson, Roger Tory: - ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.Peterson, Roger Tory: - ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. |