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Summer wildflowers of the Northeast : a natural history / Carol Gracie ; with a foreword by Robert Naczi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]Description: xii, 372 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0691199345
  • 9780691199344
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK117 .G682 2020
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"--
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library SB439.24.N67 G72 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Winner of the CBHL 2022 Award of Excellence for Natural History and Field Guides 39352800186199
Total holds: 0

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"--

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