Florida Wild Flowers & Roadside Plants
Editorial Reviews
Book Reviews/ Winter 1984
Earlier books on Florida wildflowers are either too brief, not illustrated, or have a marked horticultural slant. Here 500 out of 3500 species are briefly but well described and photographed. The characteristics for each plant are coded, and there are further technical references. The key to the code is diagrammed on the end covers and explained in the introduction, so read it well before using the book. Small dot range maps, a time-of-flowering diagram, and a 3-cm bar scale are part of each description. A glossary, a key to genera, and an index to plant names conclude the book. Plants mentioned in the text, but not illustrated, are in parentheses in the index. They add up to an additional 215 species. This is a welcome book, both for Florida residents and for the many visitors to the state who are intrigued with the new and interesting plants they encounter.
Ed Hayes, The Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, January 16, 1983
We have, in Florida, the richest and most intriguing plant life in the United States, botanical experts say. But is there a comprehensive, current, reasonably priced book that thoroughly covers the state's native and naturalized flora? Bell, professor of botany and Director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina, provided the non-technical text for this elegantly definitive book. The photos were taken by Taylor, a Winter Haven native, now Chief Park Naturalist for the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation. Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants is for natives and visitors, for reference and for sheer reading and looking pleasure. It also is geared for service to conservation.
Florida Wild Flowers & Roadside Plants
Florida Wild Flowers & Roadside Plants,Ritchie C. Bell,C. Ritchie Bell,Bryan C. Taylor,Laurel Hill Pr,0960868801,Florida,Identification,Nature / Flowers,Nature/Ecology,Roadside plants,Wild flowers,Flowers,Nature
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