Flower Finder: A Guide to the Identification of Spring Wild Flowers and Flower Families East of the Rockies and North of the Smokies, Exclusive of Trees and Shrubs (Nature Study Guides) - Softcover

Watts, May Theilgaard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912550007 ISBN 13: 9780912550008

Verlag: Adventure Publications, 1955

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Easily Identify the Flowers You Find!

Enjoy this essential guide to identifying spring wildflowers and flower families, written by celebrated ecologist May Theilgaard Watts. With this handy, easy-to-use book, you'll be able to identify a wide variety of flowers in no time.

Features:

• Covers the United States and southern Canada, east of the Rockies and north of the Smokies
• Pocket-size, key-style field guide fits in your pocket or pack, making it easy to take along with you
• Provides a series of simple questions, so you can find the family the flower belongs to, and then the name of the individual species

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May Theilgaard Watts (1893-1975) was a teacher, writer, illustrator, and naturalist. Born in Illinois, she was a pioneer in the field of ecology.

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The ORCHID FAMILY (Orchidaceae)

Flowers irregular, with one petal forming a lip or pouch; stamens 1 or 2; pollen usually in sticky mass; seeds tiny, numerous.

If the lip is a pouch Go on page 13 to

If the lip is spreading Go below to

If the flower is rose-purple with lip created in 3 ridges, leaf after flowering season

It is ARETHUSA (SWAMP PINK) Arethusa bulbs

If the flower is pinkish purple and white

Is is SHOWY ORCHIS Orchis spectabilis

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Adventure Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1955
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0912550007
• ISBN 13: 9780912550008
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 64
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland