Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants - Softcover

ÝAn¨ elegantly definitive book.

"Orlando Sentinel"

[An] elegantly definitive book.

"Orlando Sentinel"

A beautiful book, with 500 full-color photographs and a scientific, yet understandable, way of describing exactly what [is] what.

"Fort Myers News Press"

This book is a good addition by competent authors to the books on Florida 's flowers."Fairchild Tropical Garden Bulletin"

Florida boasts an extremely diverse flora, ranging from tropical species in the south to Appalachian Mountain remnants in the panhandle.Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants is a helpful guide to identifying 500 species of Florida plant life, including rare as well as common wild flowers and characteristic trees, shrubs, vines, and ferns. Each description includes both common and scientific names, a range map, symbols to show the season of bloom, and a useful summary code of nine key plant, leaf, and flower characters, to aid in identification. With rich color photographs and brief, nontechnical notes to accompany each species, this handbook is a valuable reference for tourists, residents, students, and anyone interested in plants in all seasons of the year, from Pensacola to the Keys.