Flora of the Chicago Region : a floristic and ecological synthesis / Gerould Wilhelm & Laura Rericha ; with illustrations by Mary Marguerite Lowther.
Material type: TextSummary language: English Original language: English Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana Academy of Science, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xvii, 1371 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cmISBN:- 9781883362157
- 1883362156
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Non-lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | QK157 .W55 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 39352800175291 |
Conservation Research Institute, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, The Forest Preserve District of Cook County, River Forest, Illinois, The Chicago Botanic Garden, with the support of Robin Tennant Colburn of the Negaunee Foundation, Glencoe, Illinois--title page
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references and indices.
Introduction -- Synopsis of the flora -- Guide to the floristic and ecological synthesis -- Natural divisions -- Natural vegetation and plant communities -- Key to the families and sections -- Floristic and ecological synthesis -- Vegetative key to the oak galls -- Indices -- Abbreviations for nomenclatural authorities -- Glossary -- Literature cited -- End note -- Author and illustrator bios -- Colophon -- Maps -- Hybrid diagrams -- Tables -- Figures -- Plates 1-24 -- Miscellaneous images.
"This will be considered the most complete flora ever written for anyplace in the U.S. They have meticulously and accurately brought the status of vascular plants in the Chicago region up-to-date, while painstakingly recording an incredible array of interactions between the flora and other organisms, especially insects. The intricate pollination of some plants, many of these associations not previously known or recorded, is almost beyond belief." - Robert H. Mohlenbrock--Publisher website.