Fully revised and expanded! Now with full color on every page and many new photographs, the new edition of this popular pictorial guide has expanded to include 128 woody plants and 39 herbaceous flowering plants common to the Southwest. Considerable attention is given to the history of botany in the region, with biographical sketches of the early botanists. Big-tree records have also been added for many of the species. This book brings together colorful photographs, exquisite line drawings, and written descriptions. Included are medicinal and traditional cultural uses, suggestions for landscaping and attracting wildlife, and Spanish common names. For those wishing to go further with plant identification, each selection has a detailed description, distribution records, and habitat information. Perfect for travelers in the Southwest, this book has broad educational value and can be enjoyed by nonspecialists and specialists alike.

Common Southwestern Native Plants: An Identification Guide

Carter, Jack L.

MIMBRES PRESS

This publication is designed for use by both interested laypersons and plant scientists. It includes 414 illustrations, descriptions of more than 430 naturalized and cultivated trees, shrubs and woody vines that are known to occur in New Mexico, distribution maps and dichotomous keys. A pictorial glossary provides much of the elementary information required to make the decisions necessary to determine the species under consideration. It is designed for field study and backpacking, and at the same time it includes many cultivated plants one finds in city lawns and gardens.

Trees and Shrubs of New Mexico

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Mimbres

The second edition of Trees and Shrubs of Colorado is more comprehensive than the first, published in 1988. The number of woody plants described has been doubled to 295 species, with the keys and descriptions rewritten and scientific names updated. The book is expanded to include 120 new illustrations and a new section of 185 color photographs that bring forth the beauty of Colorado's unique woody flora.

Trees And Shrubs of Colorado

Trees and Shrubs of New Mexico Revised and Expanded

Mimbres Publishing

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