Panicum to Danthorua (Illustrated Flora of Illinois) - Hardcover

Mohlenbrock, Robert H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809305216 ISBN 13: 9780809305216

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1973

Synopsis

Because the nature of grass structures is generally so different from that of other flowering plants, a special terminology is applied to them. Mohlenbrock cites these terms, with descriptions that will make identification of unknown specimens possible. His division of the grass family into subfamilies and tribes is a major departure from the sequence followed in most flora. Synonyms, with complete author citation, which have been applied to species in the northeastern United States are given under each species.In addition, each species of grass is provided with a description, a distribution map, a discussion of its habitat and variability, and a full-page drawing showing diagnostic characters."

About this title

About the Author:

Robert H. Mohlenbrock taught botany at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for thirty-four years, obtaining the title of Distinguished Professor. After his retirement in 1990, he joined Biotic Consultants as a senior scientist teaching wetland identification classes in twenty-six states to date. Mohlenbrock has been named SIU Outstanding Scholar and has received the SIU Alumnus Teacher of the Year Award, the AMOCO Outstanding Teacher Award, and the Meritorious Teacher of the Year Award from the Association of Southeastern Biologists. During his career at Southern Illinois University, ninety graduate students earned degrees under his direction. Since 1984, he has been a monthly columnist for Natural History magazine. Among his forty-five books and more than five hundred publications are Macmillan s Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Field Guide to the U. S. National Forests, and Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone?"

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0809305216
• ISBN 13: 9780809305216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304