Describing more than 1,100 species, this is a comprehensive guide to wildflowers in Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ontario. A new introduction to this second edition discusses wildflowers in the context of their natural communities. Packed with detailed information, this field guide is compact enough to be handy for outdoors lovers of all kinds, from novice naturalists to professional botanists. It includes: • more than 1,100 species from 459 genera in 100 families • many rare and previously overlooked species • 2,100 color photographs and 300 drawings • Wisconsin distribution maps for almost all plants • brief descriptions including distinguishing characteristics of the species • Wisconsin status levels for each species of wildflower (native, invasive, endangered, etc.) • derivation of Latin names.

Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region: A Comprehensive Field Guide

Science & Math

Black, Merel R.

Judziewicz, Emmet J.

Biological Sciences

University of Wisconsin Press

Grasses are the foremost plant family of prairies, savannas, barrens, many agricultural landscapes, lawns, and successional habitats throughout Wisconsin, yet they are notoriously difficult to identify. This field guide to 232 species of Wisconsin grasses includes more than 1,100 illustrations. Setting a new standard as the first new, illustrated midwestern grass identification manual to appear since the 1960s, it provides up-to-date, comprehensive information for naturalists, gardeners, landscapers, nursery horticulturalists, community restoration professionals, agronomists and biologists, and any outdoors lover. The book includes: • species descriptions and distribution maps for all 232 species • more than 700 color photographs accompanying species descriptions • drawings of most species • chapters on grass morphology and grasses in natural communities • keys to all species, including an illustrated key to genera • a glossary of grass terminology.

Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses

Freckmann, Robert W.

Clark, Lynn G.

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