Bibliograph

Plant life of Kentucky, an illustrated guide to the vascular flora, Ronald L. Jones ; with the assistance of John W. Thieret and Charles J. Lapham

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Label

Plant life of Kentucky, an illustrated guide to the vascular flora, Ronald L. Jones ; with the assistance of John W. Thieret and Charles J. Lapham

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plant life of Kentucky

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

67708337

Responsibility statement

Ronald L. Jones ; with the assistance of John W. Thieret and Charles J. Lapham

Sub title

an illustrated guide to the vascular flora

Summary

Plant Life of Kentucky is the first comprehensive account of the native and naturalized ferns, flowering herbs, and woody plants of Kentucky. Ronald L. Jones has compiled detailed identification keys to families, genera, and species. The plant family descriptions contain information on wildlife and human uses, important weeds, poisonous plants, and medicinal herbs, and the species accounts provide scientific and common names, flowering periods, habitat, physiographic distribution, state and federal designations, and wetland ranking. A total of 179 families, 856 genera, and 2,600 species and in

Table Of Contents

Front cover; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Credits for Line Drawings, Photographs, and Glossary; Author's Note; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Kentucky Map; Family Index; Part I. Introduction; Section 1. Overview of This Book; Secton 2. The Physical Setting of Kentucky; Section 3. Vegetation of Kentucky; Section 4. Floristic Affinities; Section 5. Endemics; Section 6. Conservation Status; Section 7. The Status of Old-growth Forest in Kentucky; Section 8. A History of Plant Conservation in Kentucky; Section 9. A History of Plant Life in Kentucky

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