Wild Orchids of the Southeastern United States, North of Peninsular Florida - Hardcover

9780813027487: Wild Orchids of the Southeastern United States, North of Peninsular Florida
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This beautiful field guide offers orchid enthusiasts everything they need to know about what, where, and when to find wild orchids in the southeastern United States. With 285 color photos and detailed original drawings, it will delight both the new admirer and the long-time lover of these seductive flowering plants. Covering a region that includes eastern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and northern Florida, as well as southeastern North Carolina, and southern Arkansas, the book presents all the information necessary to correctly identify 76 species of orchids, 4 varieties, 61 forms, and 13 hybrids. It includes some of the rarest species found in the United States as well as several new species and subspecific taxa that recently have been documented in this area but have never been described in book format. No existing field guide provides all available information for these states. Orchid identification presents even experienced botanists with a challenge. Paul Martin Brown, author of several successful orchid books for other U.S. regions, undertakes this task in a logical, easy-to-understand manner. The guide is designed for locating information easily while one foot is in the proverbial bog. Brown's approach to the complex vocabulary of botanical taxonomy is clear and his explanation of botanical keys will aid the novice orchid hunter as well as the trained orchid professional. Created for identification in the field or anywhere live specimens are found, the key is not strictly technical. Its dependence on color and measurements has been kept to a minimum, allowing readers to use it without removing orchids from the wild. Supporting material addresses common questions about habitat, color forms, and hybrids and also clarifies the taxonomically confusing genera Spiranthes and Platanthera.

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"Orchid enthusiasts will fall over their own feet in their rush to buy [this book]. Professional botanists, lay people, native plant societies, orchid societies, teachers, naturalists, libraries, natural history institutions will all want this book." - Ann K. Malmquist, founding president, Ohio Native Plant Society; "The utility of a field guide combined with the essence of a general native orchid reference.... Presents the native orchids within the southeastern range in a manner suitable for both the completely 'green' amateur and the seasoned orchid hunter." - Scott Stewart, University of Florida"
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Paul Martin Brown is a research associate at the University of Florida Herbarium, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. He is the author of several books about native orchids, including Wild Orchids of Florida and The Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico, and the founder and editor of the North American Native Orchid Journal. Stan Folsom is a watercolorist and botanical illustrator whose work appears in Wild Orchids of Florida and The Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico.

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