Field Manual of Michigan Flora
Author: Edward G. Voss
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2012-02-08
Total Pages: 1005
ISBN-13: 0472118110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive guide to Michigan’s wild-growing seed plants
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Gleason's Plants of Michigan
Author: Richard K. Rabeler
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2007-04-11
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780472032464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUpdated edition of the classic botanical guide to the Great Lakes region
Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota - 2nd Edition
Author:
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Published: 2011-03-28
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0760341184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new and updated edition of Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota combines the practicality of a field guide with all the basic information homeowners need to create an effective landscape design. The plant profiles section includes comprehensive descriptions of approximately 150 flowers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns that grew in Minnesota before European settlement, as well as complete information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant. The book also includes complete information on how to garden successfully in Minnesotas harsh climate and how to install and maintain an attractive, low-maintenance home landscape suitable for any lifestyle.
Roadside Guide to Michigan Plants, Trees, and Flowers
Author: Edwin A. Arnfield
Publisher: Arbutus Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933926124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKField Guide of common plant species found in Michigan along roadsides, old farm fields and beaches where soil has been disturbed. Color coded for month of blooming or maturation.
Michigan Flora: Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae)
Author: Edward Groesbeck Voss
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 754
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book aims to make it easier for the reader to become acquainted with a few of these beautiful and fascinating dual-organisms.
Wetland Plants of Michigan
Author: Steve Chadde
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2012-12-27
Total Pages: 690
ISBN-13: 9781481194945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWetland Plants of Michigan (Second Edition) is a comprehensive field guide to over 800 vascular plant species found in Michigan's wetlands, including plants of bogs, fens, swamps, marshes, wet meadows and low prairie, plus the aquatic plants of lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. The guide's thoroughness, ease-of-use, and detailed maps and illustrations have made it a favorite reference with botanists, natural resource managers, environmental consultants, students, educators, and anyone wanting to learn more about these diverse habitats. (If a complete flora is needed, please see Michigan Flora: Upper Peninsula for keys, descriptions, and illustrations of all the plants found in the Upper Peninsula and on Isle Royale National Park; search ISBN 1500566195.) New in the Second Edition* Wetland indicator status ratings of the June 2012 National Wetland Plant List, used in wetland delineation studies nationwide.* Many new illustrations.* Larger and updated distribution maps for each species. Includes * Over 800 plant species in 100 plant families * Complete coverage of wetland and aquatic species within four major plant groups-Ferns and Fern Allies, Conifers, Dicots, and Monocots * Each species described (including its habitat) and illustrated * Easy-to-use keys to each plant family, genus, and species * Michigan map showing county distribution for each species * Endangered, threatened, or special concern wetland plants Customer Review of the First Edition: "This is an excellent field guide for wetland plants, not only in Michigan but also for surrounding Great Lakes states. The keys are easy to use and the plant and habitat descriptions are comprehensive. I also found each species distribution map right with the plant was also very helpful. I particularly liked the Cyperaceae and Poaceae sections that can be troublesome for even seasoned botanists. Steve Chadde excelled with this field guide!"
Native Plants of the Southeast
Author: Larry Mellichamp
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2014-01-28
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1604693231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing native plants in a garden has many benefits. They attract beneficial wildlife and insects, they allow a gardener to create a garden that reflects the native beauty of the region, and they make a garden more sustainable. Because of all this, they are an increasingly popular plant choice for home and public gardens. Native Plants of the Southeast shows you how to choose the best native plants and how to use them in the garden. This complete guide is an invaluable resource, with plant profiles for over 460 species of trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, and wildflowers. Each plant description includes information about cultivation and propagation, ranges, and hardiness. Comprehensive lists recommend particular plants for difficult situations, as well as plants for attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife.
A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan
Author: Joshua G. Cohen
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781611861341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSmall enough to carry in a backpack, this comprehensive guide explores the many diverse natural communities of Michigan, providing detailed descriptions, distribution maps, photographs, lists of characteristic plants, suggested sites to visit, and a dichotomous key for aiding field identification. This is a key tool for those seeking to understand, describe, document, conserve, and restore the diversity of natural communities native to Michigan.
Lessons from Plants
Author: Beronda L. Montgomery
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0674259394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to humans as well, improving our moods and beautifying the landscape around us. But plants don’t just passively provide. They also take action. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous, creative lives of organisms often treated as static and predictable. In fact, plants are masters of adaptation. They “know” what and who they are, and they use this knowledge to make a way in the world. Plants experience a kind of sensation that does not require eyes or ears. They distinguish kin, friend, and foe, and they are able to respond to ecological competition despite lacking the capacity of fight-or-flight. Plants are even capable of transformative behaviors that allow them to maximize their chances of survival in a dynamic and sometimes unfriendly environment. Lessons from Plants enters into the depth of botanic experience and shows how we might improve human society by better appreciating not just what plants give us but also how they achieve their own purposes. What would it mean to learn from these organisms, to become more aware of our environments and to adapt to our own worlds by calling on perception and awareness? Montgomery’s meditative study puts before us a question with the power to reframe the way we live: What would a plant do?
Bringing Nature Home
Author: Douglas W. Tallamy
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2009-09-01
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1604691468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.
