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Author: Dennis Horn
Publisher: Lone Pine International
Published: 2013-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781551059020
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The official field guide of the Tennessee Native Plant Society."
Author: Timothy P. Spira
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2011-05-16
Total Pages: 541
ISBN-13: 0807877654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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; they coexist and interact in myriad ways. Full-color photo keys allow the reader to rapidly preview plants found within each of the 21 major plant communities described, and the illustrated species description for each of the 340 featured plants includes fascinating information about the ecology and natural history of each plant in its larger environment. With this new format, readers can see how the mountain and piedmont landscapes form a mosaic of plant communities that harbor particular groups of plants. The volume also includes a glossary, illustrations of plant structures, and descriptions of sites to visit. Whether you're a beginning naturalist or an expert botanist, this guidebook is a useful companion on field excursions and wildflower walks, as well as a valuable reference. Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press
Author: Jan W. Midgley
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tennessee Flora Committee
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 2015-03-20
Total Pages: 828
ISBN-13: 1621901009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe product of twenty-five years of planning, research, and writing, Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee is the most comprehensive, detailed, and up-to-date resource of its kind for the flora of the Volunteer State, home to nearly 2,900 documented taxa. Not since Augustin Gattinger’s 1901 Flora of Tennessee and a Philosophy of Botany has a work of this scope been attempted. The team of editors, authors, and contributors not only provide keys for identifying the major groups, families, genera, species, and lesser taxa known to be native or naturalized within the state—with supporting information about distribution, frequency of occurrence, conservation status, and more—but they also offer a plethora of descriptive information about the state’s physical environment and vegetation, along with a summary of its rich botanical history, dating back to the earliest Native American inhabitants. Other features of the book include a comprehensive glossary of botanical terms and an array of line drawings that illustrate the identifying characteristics of vascular plants, from leaf shape and surface features to floral morphology and fruit types. Finally, the book’s extensive keys are indexed by families, scientific names, and common names. The result is a user-friendly work that researchers, students, environmentalists, foresters, conservationists, and indeed anyone interested in Tennessee and its botanical legacy and resources will value for years to come.
Author: Randy Seymour
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2014-11-04
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0813160502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNot only for use in the Mammoth Cave area, this guide is widely useful in a large area, including much of the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. An in-depth field guide to 400 wildflowers found along the trails and roads within the park. Each wildflower is represented by a brilliant full-color photograph and accompanied by identifying characteristic text that specifies the colors, floral and leaf forms, flowering time, native or introduced status, as well as the plant's folklore and history, its past herbal or medicinal use, and myriad other facts and myths. For those enthusiasts eager to search for new discoveries, the appendix provide tables showing the observed flowering period, a flower hunting planning guide, and an index of flowers by trail. A lasting and memorable introduction to the park's wildflowers—nearly all of which extend throughout Kentucky and neighboring states—Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park is an indispensable tool for the amateur enthusiast and the professional botanist alike.
Author: Robert W. Hutson
Publisher: Windy Pines Pub
Published: 1996-04
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780964341739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ronald L. Jones
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 823
ISBN-13: 0813143098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor centuries people have used trees, shrubs, and woody vines for food, clothing, ritual, construction, scientific study, and more. However, these important plants are easy to overlook during the winter months, when the absence of leaves, fruit, and other distinguishing characteristics makes them difficult to recognize. This comprehensive volume is the essential guide to woody plants in Kentucky, Tennessee, and surrounding states during the winter season. Featuring color images of more than four hundred species, this detailed botanical resource provides keys to the genera and species, as well as descriptions of the genera. The species accounts include useful information on Latin meanings, common names, habitats and distributions, and notes on toxicity, nativity, rarity, and wetland status. In addition, authors Ronald L. Jones and B. Eugene Wofford provide notes on practical uses for the plants, including food, medicine, fiber, and weapons. Winter identification of woody plants can be a daunting exercise, but Jones and Wofford present clear and authoritative information that can help anyone spot these species in the wild. Whether taken into the field or enjoyed at home, Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee: The Complete Winter Guide to Their Identification and Use is a comprehensive and accessible resource for professional and amateur botanists, students, commercial landscapers, homeowners, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Author: J. Kent Preyer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-04-13
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 0990385051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt last! The Southern Romantic Comedy we've been waiting for! It has all the right spicy ingredients: saucy fearless women, rugged cowboys, Country-Western legends, jaw-dropping gossip and sinfully funny Southern wit. Bold comedy and contemporary political controversy meet in the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. It's a heartwarming comedy in the classic Southern tradition of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and the movie Steel Magnolias. The colorful characters are audacious and unforgettable. Weaved through generations, this inspiring story explores the universal need to belong and the transformative power of family and love. Discovering this book is like running into an old friend. Slip off your shoes and sit a spell. You're in for a mighty fine story, some scandalous mud-slinging, and the promise of some hearty good laughs. This heavenly Tennessee tale is a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon with a Mint Julep or a glass of sweet tea.
Author: Timothy P. Spira
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2015-03-02
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 1469622653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants--or simply would like to learn more about them--you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Tim Spira's guidebook links waterfalls and wildflowers in a spectacularly beautiful region famous for both. Leading you to gorgeous waterfalls in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia, the book includes many hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. As he surveys one of America's most biologically diverse regions, Spira introduces hikers to the "natural communities" approach for identifying and understanding plants within the context of the habitats they occupy--equipping hikers to see and interpret landscapes in a new way. Each of the 30 hikes includes: * a detailed map and GPS coordinates * a lively trail description highlighting the plants you are most likely to see, as well as birds and other animals along the way * an associated plant species list Also featured: * beautiful color photographs of 30 destination waterfalls, 125 plants, and more * detailed descriptions of 125 key plant species * 22 drawings to help identify plant structures * a glossary of botanical terms
Author: Oscar W. Gupton
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780813909226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe design of this book is to furnish information with which the plants can be identified without resorting to technical language or requiring that the structure of plant parts be understood. Color photographs and descriptive comments are provided as identification materials for each species.
