North American Range Plants - Softcover

"A wonderful reference tool . . . Does represent an excellent resource [and] the brevity and straightforwardness of the book are indeed refreshing."-Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education "The alphabetical arrangement makes the book user friendly . . . the illustrations are excellent. . . . If you teach ecology, plant ecology, or grassland ecology, recommend it highly to your students. If you are involved with a Range Plant Identification Team, or you are responsible for managing public range lands, buy it at once."-Prairie Naturalist

North American Range Plants has established itself as an essential source in the identification of important range plants. The fifth edition, which includes fifteen new plants, reflects increased interest in wetland plants as well as changes in nomenclature and refinement of distribution information. The two hundred plants described were selected on the basis of their abundance, desirability, or poisonous properties. These plants comprise the Master Plant List for the International Range Plant Identification contest, sponsored by the Society for Range Management. Each plant description includes characteristics for identification, an illustration of the plant with enlarged plant parts, and a general distribution map for North America. Each species description includes nomenclature, life span, origin, season of growth, inflorescence, flower or other reproductive parts, vegetative parts, and habitat.