Summer wildflowers of the Northeast : a natural history /
Gracie, Carol,
Summer wildflowers of the Northeast : a natural history / Carol Gracie ; with a foreword by Robert Naczi. - xii, 372 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Species accounts. Alpine wildflowers ; American cranberry ; American ginseng ; American lotus ; Asters ; Beechdrops ; Blackberry-lily ; Bog orchids ; Broad-leaved helleborine ; Buckbean ; Bunchberry ; Cardinal flower ; Chicory ; Common milkweed ; Common mullein ; Evening-primrose ; Fringed gentian ; Fringed orchids ; Goldenrods ; Grass-of-Parnassus ; Indian pipe ; Jewelweed ; Jimsonweed ; Lilies ; Partridge-berry ; Passion-flowers ; Pipsissewa and related species ; Prickly pear ; Purple pitcher plant ; Queen Anne's lace ; Showy lady-slipper ; Swamp rose-mallow ; Wild leek ; Wild lupine ; Yellow pond-lily -- Glossary.
"This is a follow-up volume to Gracie's Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast. This new book treats 35 species of summer blooming wildflower some common, others less so concentrating on each species life history and, in the same manner as the earlier book, providing intriguing insights into the biology, ecology, folklore, and, where relevant, ethno-botany of each flower. Each species account is richly illustrated with a range of color photos"--
0691199345 9780691199344
2019033704
Wild flowers--Northeastern States.
QK117 / .G682 2020
QK117 / .G682 2020
Summer wildflowers of the Northeast : a natural history / Carol Gracie ; with a foreword by Robert Naczi. - xii, 372 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Species accounts. Alpine wildflowers ; American cranberry ; American ginseng ; American lotus ; Asters ; Beechdrops ; Blackberry-lily ; Bog orchids ; Broad-leaved helleborine ; Buckbean ; Bunchberry ; Cardinal flower ; Chicory ; Common milkweed ; Common mullein ; Evening-primrose ; Fringed gentian ; Fringed orchids ; Goldenrods ; Grass-of-Parnassus ; Indian pipe ; Jewelweed ; Jimsonweed ; Lilies ; Partridge-berry ; Passion-flowers ; Pipsissewa and related species ; Prickly pear ; Purple pitcher plant ; Queen Anne's lace ; Showy lady-slipper ; Swamp rose-mallow ; Wild leek ; Wild lupine ; Yellow pond-lily -- Glossary.
"This is a follow-up volume to Gracie's Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast. This new book treats 35 species of summer blooming wildflower some common, others less so concentrating on each species life history and, in the same manner as the earlier book, providing intriguing insights into the biology, ecology, folklore, and, where relevant, ethno-botany of each flower. Each species account is richly illustrated with a range of color photos"--
0691199345 9780691199344
2019033704
Wild flowers--Northeastern States.
QK117 / .G682 2020
QK117 / .G682 2020