Key and Flora (Classic Reprint): Northern and Central States - Couverture souple

Bergen, Joseph Y.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334001545 ISBN 13 : 9781334001543

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key seed plants found in the region, focusing on easily identifiable spring-blooming species, which are essential for determining species throughout the year. The author presents a systematic approach, guiding nature enthusiasts to not only identify plant species but also cultivate a deeper understanding of their relationships and evolutionary adaptations. The flora describes over 150 plant species, arranged by family, genus, and species, with a focus on their ecology and distribution in the specified region. This book offers valuable insights into the plant life of the area and serves as a comprehensive resource for students, naturalists, and anyone interested in the diverse flora of the region. It provides a solid foundation for appreciating the intricate relationships between plants and their environment, fostering a broader understanding of the natural world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This flora is a considerably enlarged revision of the one prepared by the author in 1901. It does not profess to describe all the conspicuous seed plants of any locality, but rather to comprise a large number of the most available spring-blooming species over an extensive region. More than a hundred species have been added to the list included in the older edition, mainly of plants which range westward to the moderately high plains. The little book may therefore afford a good deal of practice in the determination of species to secondary-school pupils in states even as far west as theD akotas, Nebraska, Kansas, andO klahoma. It extends south about to the southern boundary, of Kansas on the west and to that of Virginia on the east. In the matter of nomenclature it seems best for those who do not wish to be hopelessly sectional to follow the rulings of the Vienna Congress. The author deems himself fortunate to have been able in this connection to avail himself of the decisions of the staff of the Gray Herbarium, as embodied in the seventh edition of Gray sM anual of Botany, and to get advice from the same source in regard to names of cultivated plants not described in theM anual. His most sincere thanks are hereby tendered for this invaluable assistance. At the risk of sometimes seeming pedantic the writer has adopted the practice of discarding, for the most part, such unscientific expressions as stemless plants, radical leaves, calyx adnate to the ovary, and several others. It is certain that if the plant descriptions which contain such terms were now being framed for the first time on the basis of presentday morphology, these terms would not be used. Most of the plants here described bloom before the end of the school year, and it is believed that all of those which occur toward the southern limits of the territory covered will be found to flower there consid
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334001545
• ISBN 13: 9781334001543
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
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