9780813123318-0813123313-Plant Life of Kentucky: An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora

Plant Life of Kentucky: An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora

ISBN-13: 9780813123318
ISBN-10: 0813123313
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Ronald L. Jones
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover 856 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780813123318
ISBN-10: 0813123313
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Ronald L. Jones
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover 856 pages

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Plant Life of Kentucky: An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora (ISBN-13: 9780813123318 and ISBN-10: 0813123313), written by authors Ronald L. Jones, was published by University Press of Kentucky in 2005. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Biology (Biological Sciences, Botany, Plants, Nature & Ecology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Plant Life of Kentucky: An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $11.97.

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Plant Life of Kentucky is the first comprehensive guide to all the ferns, flowering herbs, and woody plants of the state. This long-awaited work provides identification keys for Kentucky's 2,600 native and naturalized vascular plants, with notes on wildlife/human uses, poisonous plants, and medicinal herbs. The common name, flowering period, habitat, distribution, rarity, and wetland status are given for each species, and about 80 percent are illustrated with line drawings. The inclusion of 250 additional species from outside the state (these species are "to be expected" in Kentucky) broadens the regional coverage, and most plants occurring from northern Alabama to southern Ohio to the Mississippi River (an area of wide similarity in flora) are examined, including nearly all the plants of western and central Tennessee. The author also describes prehistoric and historical changes in the flora, natural regions and plant communities, significant botanists, current threats to plant life, and a plan for future studies. Plant Life of Kentucky is intended as a research tool for professionals in biology and related fields, and as a resource for students, amateur naturalists, and others interested in understanding and preserving our rich botanical heritage.

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