| A Guide to the Plants of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica Contributor(s): Iremonger, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9766400318 ISBN-13: 9789766400316 Publisher: University of the West Indies Press OUR PRICE: $54.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2002 Annotation: An easy-to-use Jamaican nature guide, identifying over 400 species and containing 160 color photographs and 250 line drawings. The text is designed to give botanists and the more casual observer an opportunity to become familiar with the plants that grow in the Blue Mountain Range. This guide fosters a deeper understanding of the unique beauty and diversity of the mountain forest. More than fifty percent of the plants described in the book occur only in the Blue Mountain Forests of Jamaica and nowhere else in the world. The Blue Mountain Forests are currently threatened by agricultural activities, particularly on the southern slopes, and many of the unique species described in the book are threatened with extinction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - General - Travel | Caribbean & West Indies - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Mountains |
| Dewey: 581.972 |
| LCCN: 2004461816 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.14" W x 9.02" (1.50 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Mountains |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A nature guide for both botanists and the more casual observer, identifying over 400 species of plant found in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. More than 50 percent of the plants described occur only in these mountains and nowhere else in the world. There are colour photographs and line drawings. |