An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants
“This wonderful guide embodies the wealth of experience of Paul  Christiansen, who has spent a lifetime studying Iowa prairies and  prairie plants, and the talent of Mark Müller, whose deep appreciation  of this most endangered ecosystem is reflected in his remarkable  illustrations. I love the logic and functionality of this guide. The  species treatments are organized by family, which means that species  with similar flower and plant characteristics are together, so you can  quickly check the illustrations of all the species in a particular  family to see whether one fits the plant you are trying to identify. To  paraphrase an old adage, Mark Müller's meticulous drawings are worth a  thousand photographs.An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plantscelebrates a fantastic ecosystem and appropriately focuses on a state  that once was encompassed by it.”—Diana Horton, University of Iowa  Herbarium“For over a century, plant lovers have waited for a comprehensive guide  that would lead them gently into knowledgeable companionship with Iowa's  prairie flora. At last the heart of the tallgrass prairie has what it  deserves: an easy-to-use manual, beautifully illustrated, with detailed  structural descriptions and distribution maps. As a door for the novice  and a sourcebook for the initiated, Paul Christiansen and Mark Müller's  book cannot help but increase knowledge and appreciation of Iowa's  prairie remnants and thus magnify the preservation of our beleaguered  but precious prairie resource.”—Cornelia F. Mutel, author ofFragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess Hills