Botanica North America
Subtitle: the illustrated guide to our native plants, their botany, history, and the way they have shaped our world
By: Marjorie Harris.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperResource
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 665
Subjects: Botany -- United States; Botany -- Canada
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 615-649) and index.
Table of contents: title: The eastern forests. Northern hardwood forest ; Eastern forest understory ; Southern hardwood forest; title: Swamps and wetlands. The swamp forest ; Wetlands ; Carnivorous plants ; The edge of the sea: beaches and dunes ; Salt marshes ; Seaweeds; title: Florida. Mangroves ; The palms; title: The boreal forest; title: The prairie. Flowers of the prairies ; Exotic aliens; title: The desert. The great cacti ; The chollas ; The legumes ; The agaves ; The yuccas; title: California. The oaks ; The chaparral; title: Montane; title: The tall trees: the Pacific Northwest; title: The tundra. Shrubs ; Sedges, grasses, and grasslike plants ; Wildflowers ; Mosses and clubmosses ; Lichens ; Fungi; title: The three sisters: agriculture.