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Flowering Plants: Pokeweeds, Four-o'clocks, Carpetweeds, Cacti, Purslanes, Goosefoots, Pigweeds, and Pinks (Illustrated Flora of Illinois)
Robert H. Mohlenbrock
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Description for Flowering Plants: Pokeweeds, Four-o'clocks, Carpetweeds, Cacti, Purslanes, Goosefoots, Pigweeds, and Pinks (Illustrated Flora of Illinois)
Hardcover. This title contains descriptions and illustrations of 141 plants. Each illustration shows the habitat of the plant, close-ups of reproductive structures needed for identification and the flowers, fruits and seeds of each plant. The text includes a discussion of the nomenclature and habitats. Illustrator(s): Nelson, Paul W. Series: Illustrated Flora of Illinois. Num Pages: 304 pages, 139 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; PSTD; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock provides a definitive account of the pokeweed, four-o'clock, carpetweed, cactus, purslane, goosefoot, pigweed, and pink families in Illinois. Flowering Plants: Pokeweeds, Four-o’clocks, Carpetweeds, Cacti, Purslanes, Goosefoots, Pigweeds, and Pinks is the fifteenth volume of the Illustrated Flora of Illinois series and the ninth devoted to dicots, or plants that have two seed-leaves, or cotyledons, upon germination. Each of the 141 plants is beautifully illustrated by Paul W. Nelson. Nelson shows the full habitat of the plant and close-ups of various vegetative and reproductive structures that are crucial for the identification of individual species. Each illustration includes detailed ... Read more
Robert H. Mohlenbrock provides a definitive account of the pokeweed, four-o'clock, carpetweed, cactus, purslane, goosefoot, pigweed, and pink families in Illinois. Flowering Plants: Pokeweeds, Four-o’clocks, Carpetweeds, Cacti, Purslanes, Goosefoots, Pigweeds, and Pinks is the fifteenth volume of the Illustrated Flora of Illinois series and the ninth devoted to dicots, or plants that have two seed-leaves, or cotyledons, upon germination. Each of the 141 plants is beautifully illustrated by Paul W. Nelson. Nelson shows the full habitat of the plant and close-ups of various vegetative and reproductive structures that are crucial for the identification of individual species. Each illustration includes detailed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809323807
SKU
V9780809323807
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About Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Robert H. Mohlenbrock taught botany at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for thirty-four years, obtaining the title of Distinguished Professor. After his retirement in 1990, he joined Biotic Consultants as a senior scientist teaching wetland identification classes in twenty-six states to date. Paul W. Nelson is a natural areas biologist for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the illustrator for ... Read more
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