Author: Flora of North America Editorial Committee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: north, salicaceae, brassicaceae, magnoliophyta, mexico, america, flora, volume
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2010-04-19
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0195318226
ISBN-13: 9780195318227

Flora of North America Volume 7 will be the eighth of 19 volumes on dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America North of Mexico series. It treats 923 species classified among 125 genera in 11 families; the larger families covered in Volume 7 include Brassicaceae (Mustard family), Cleomaceae (Spiderflower family), and Salicaceae (Willow family). The endemic family Limnanthaceae with eight species classified in two genera (Floerkea and Limnanthes) is also included in the volume. Each genus has representative species illustrated with a line drawing that, in combination with keys

Author: Flora of North America Editorial Committee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: north, flora, mexico, america, gymnosperms, volume, pteridophytes
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 1993-11-04
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0195082427
ISBN-13: 9780195082425

In Volume 2, over 50 contributors exhaustively describe and classify the ferns, fern allies, and gymnosperms of North America. Covering over two dozen fern and half a dozen gymnosperm families, they survey fern species of both ecological and horticultural importance and review such gymnosperm taxa as the conifers--the dominant trees in many forests as well as important timber plants--and cycads, which display significant evolutionary features. In all, the volume assembles 509 species of ferns and fern allies and infraspecific taxa in 70 genera. The editors have revised nearly 80 of these ta

Author: Flora of North America Editorial Committee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: north, arecidae, commelinidae, zingiberidae, alismatidae, part, magnoliophyta, america, mexico, volume, flora
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2000-03-23
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0195137299
ISBN-13: 9780195137293

Flora of North America, Volume 22, comprises many groups of aquatic plants and the North American relatives of groups that have their richest number of species in the New World tropics. Included among the treatments are the rush family (Juncaceae), which include important indicator species in wetland habitats, the cat-tails (Typhaceae), spiderworts (Commelinaceae,), aroids (Araceae), and pondweeds (Potamogetonaceae). Thirty families are included in this volume, representing a diverse range of plant forms - from marine Zosteraceae (eel-grasses) to stately Arecaeae (palms) and the naturalized

Author: Flora of North America Editorial CommitteeMary E.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: part, north, commelinidae, poaceae, magnoliophyta, volume, america, mexico, flora
Number of Pages: 944
Published: 2007-03-05
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0195310713
ISBN-13: 9780195310719

Flora of North America brings together for the first time ever in a concise and easy to understand format information on all of the plants growing spontaneously in North America north of Mexico. Volume 24 of Flora North America is one of two volumes on grasses to be published in this series (Volume 25, though it follows sequentially, was published in 2003). Together they will provide a comprehensive, authoritative, illustrated account of this important group of plants. Most of the species treated are either native to North America north of Mexico or are introduced species that are now estab

Author: The European Garden Flora Editorial Committee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: europe, doors, glass, volume, cultivated, plants, garden, flora, manual, identification, european
Number of Pages: 756
Published: 2000-12-11
List price: $280.00
ISBN-10: 0521420970
ISBN-13: 9780521420976

The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental plants and has been designed to meet the highest scientific standards. The vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed nurseryman, gardener, and landscape architect, as well as the professional botanist. Volume VI concludes the Flora and contains accounts of 38 families of dicotyledons, including Compositae (with over 190 genera), the largest family of flowering plants. Many other genera of horticultural importa

Author: The European Garden Flora Editorial Committee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: european, flora, volume, garden, europe, doors, cultivated, glass, manual, hardback, identification, plants
Number of Pages: 494
Published: 1989-07-28
List price: $285.00
ISBN-10: 0521361710
ISBN-13: 9780521361712

Eventually in six volumes, The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental plants. Families, genera, and species are described, keys are provided, and guidance is given on the cultivation of each genus. It is designed to meet the highest scientific standards, yet the vocabulary is kept uncomplicated to make the book fully accessible to the informed gardener and landscape architect, as well as the professional botanist. Although based on European flora, the series will be an extremely useful reference on cultivated plants throughout t

Author: North Light Fine Art Editorial Staff
Publisher: North Light Books
Keywords: guide, essential, animals, painting, drawing
Number of Pages: 191
Published: 2008-10-06
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1600611109
ISBN-13: 9781600611100

Most artists consider animal art to not only be fun but also a great way to develop skills that help them to improve their drawing and painting abilities. Readers will enjoy learning from 10 different artists who show them, step-by-step, how to draw and paint some of the most popular animals. The line-up includes dogs, cats, horses, birds, deer, rabbits and more.