Grass Varieties in the United States

Grass Varieties in the United States

Author: U.S. Dept. of Agricu

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1995-05-19

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781566701938

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This user-friendly handbook is a working guide to the status of named and experimental grasses available for use in the United States. It provides physical descriptions and status profiles of grass varieties, including turf grass varieties. The handbook also contains maps and descriptions of Land Resources Regions and Plant Hardiness Zones that assist in the understanding of plant adaptation areas. Whenever available, the information in the handbook includes:


Identifying Pasture Grasses

Identifying Pasture Grasses

Author: Dan Undersander

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1999-09

Total Pages: 6

ISBN-13: 9780788177576

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Identifies the 15 most common annual & perennial grasses in Midwestern pastures: the predominant seeded Midwestern grasses, the most common native pasture grasses, & a few annual weedy grasses. Helps you identify grasses the first year, when you need to know whether a seeding was successful. Helps you identify grasses in established pastures so you can make informed decisions about pasture mgmt., fencing, & renovation. Chapters: seed & seedling identification for new plantings; vegetative identification for established plants; & info. on growth habit & mgmt. for each of the seeded grasses. Color photos.


Grass Varieties in the United States

Grass Varieties in the United States

Author: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-05-09

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1000950719

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This user-friendly handbook is a working guide to the status of named and experimental grasses available for use in the United States. It provides physical descriptions and status profiles of grass varieties, including turf grass varieties. The handbook also contains maps and descriptions of Land Resources Regions and Plant Hardiness Zones that assist in the understanding of plant adaptation areas. Whenever available, the information in the handbook includes:


Field Guide to Grasses of the Mid-Atlantic

Field Guide to Grasses of the Mid-Atlantic

Author: Sarah Chamberlain

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2018-04-09

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0271081791

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Grasses are among the most ubiquitous plants on the planet. They inhabit a wide geographic range and are found in a variety of natural habitats. The small parts of the grass flower and specialized terminology, however, can make identifying grasses a challenging endeavor. Sarah Chamberlain’s Field Guide to Grasses of the Mid-Atlantic makes identification simpler for everyone—regardless of their previous botanical knowledge. Featuring an easy-to-use dichotomous key, this is a user-friendly guide to more than 300 types of grasses found from the Blue Ridge Mountains and southern plains to the Appalachians and the Allegheny Plateau. Each major entry contains detailed species diagrams as well as common names, habitats, and distribution. The book’s opening sections outline the parts of grass flowers and describe stem, leaf, and sheath characteristics. With a wealth of illustrations, instructions on how to use the key, and a glossary of terms, Field Guide to Grasses of the Mid-Atlantic is an indispensable reference for naturalists and conservationists, botanists, land management professionals, and students and scholars of mid-Atlantic flora.


Grasses

Grasses

Author: Lauren Brown

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780395628812

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How to identify 135 of the most common species of North American grasses, sedges, and rushes, with their economic and ecological importance.


The Grumpy Gardener

The Grumpy Gardener

Author: Steve Bender

Publisher: Time Inc. Books

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 0848755502

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Definitive gardening advice - along with a story or two - for the novice or expert from one of the nation's most-trusted, and Grumpy, sources. Gardeners from across the country have turned to Southern Living Senior Garden Editor Steven Bender - known affectionately as "The Grumpy Gardener" - for his keen knowledge and gardening know-how with equal doses sarcasm and sidesplitting humor for nearly 35 years. Finally, the collected wit and wisdom of the magazine's most irreverent and beloved columnist can be found in a single A - Z volume, providing gardeners from coast-to-coast with his valuable tips for planting, troubleshooting, and growing flowers, vegetables, shrubs, trees and more, all delivered in his signature cantankerous style. Sidebars throughout the book - "Ask Grumpy" - help readers tackle common garden problems ("How do I get ride of little house ants?"), and readers from the past 35 years take part in the book when Grumpy shares his favorite reader's responses to some of his advice, his favorite rules for gardening, and Q & A's covering your favorite plants and flowers are all inside. Additionally, beautiful line-drawings and illustrations throughout make the book as beautiful to look at as well as entertaining to read. The Grumpy Gardener is sure to become the most trusted tool in your gardening shed!


Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses

Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses

Author: Lynn G. Clark

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published: 2012-01-11

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1588343731

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For almost seventy-five years, Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses has been the classic guide to the structure of this complex group of plants. Clearly written and copiously illustrated with line drawings, the book is accessible to those with little or no botanical training, yet it also is respected by botanists as an authoritative introduction to agrostology. Last updated in 1959, the book now has been thoroughly revised to reflect current scientific knowledge, nomenclature, and classification. Divided into twelve lessons, the guide first surveys the basic vegetative and reproductive parts of a grass plant, then in succeeding lessons takes up increasingly more complex modifications. Formally recognized groups of grasses are discussed in a taxonomic context, with the principal focus on grass structures, particularly those of inflorescences and spikelets. Virtually all of the species discussed are illustrated with detailed line drawings. With the addition in this edition of a lesson on bamboos, coverage now extends to tropical regions and encompasses all major groups of grasses. The book also includes a short biography of Agnes Chase in the foreword and, for the first time in this edition, a glossary accompanies the appendices on grass classification.


The New Lawn Expert

The New Lawn Expert

Author: D. G. Hessayon

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780903505482

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In this jam-packed and revised edition, readers will learn how to recognize types of lawns, maintain excellent care, and diagnose and cure lawn troubles. The lawn care program and calendar continue to be reader favorites. Full-color illustrations.


Forages, Volume 2

Forages, Volume 2

Author: Kenneth J. Moore

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-05-29

Total Pages: 966

ISBN-13: 1119436613

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Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 7th Edition, Volume II will extensively evaluate the current knowledge and information on forage agriculture. Chapters written by leading researchers and authorities in grassland agriculture are aggregated under section themes, each one representing a major topic within grassland science and agriculture. This 7th edition will include two new additional chapters covering all aspects of forage physiology in three separate chapters, instead of one in previous editions. Chapters will be updated throughout to include new information that has developed since the last edition. This new edition of the classic reference serves as a comprehensive supplement to An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture, Volume I.