Wildflowers and plant communities of the southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont a naturalist's guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia

Author/Creator:

Spira, Timothy P.

Publication/Creation:

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Wildflowers and plant communities of the southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont a naturalist's guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia / Timothy P. Spira

Series Titles:

Southern gateways guide
Southern gateways guide.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Wild flowers--Appalachian Region, Southern--Identification
Wild flowers--Piedmont (U.S. : Region)--Identification
Plant communities--Appalachian Region, Southern
Plant communities--Piedmont (U.S. : Region)

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Photo key -- Plant community profiles -- Species profiles.

Summary:

This richly illustrated field guide serves as an introduction to the wildflowers and plant communities of the southern Appalachians and the rolling hills of the adjoining piedmont. Rather than organizing plants, including trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, by flower color or family characteristics, as is done in most guidebooks, botanist Tim Spira takes a holistic, ecological approach that enables the reader to identify and learn about plants in their natural communities. This approach, says Spira, better reflects the natural world, as plants, like other organisms, don't live in isolation;

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (541 p.)

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936715835202486

ISBN:

979-88-908771-0-9
0-8078-7765-4

OCLC Number:

715956508