Gleason's Plants of Michigan: A Field Guide - Softcover

Rabeler, Richard K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472032461 ISBN 13: 9780472032464

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2007

Synopsis

This is an updated edition of the classic botanical guide to the Great Lakes region. Gleason's ""Plants of Michigan"" is a major revision and expansion of ""The Plants of Michigan"" by Henry A. Gleason - the 1918 classic field guide to the flowering plants and trees found in Michigan, neighboring Great Lakes States, and southern Ontario. Richard K. Rabeler has completely updated the family descriptions and added easy-to-use keys. Information on habitats and geographical distribution is now included as well as a comprehensive index of plant names, an illustrated section on terminology, a glossary, and an introduction to botany in Michigan. ""Gleason's Plants of Michigan"" will be useful to naturalists, environmental specialists, botanists, and everyone who loves the wildflowers and native flora of Michigan and the surrounding areas.

About this title

Review:

For every plant enthusiast in the Great Lakes State, and... in the adjoining ones as well. - John J. Pipoly III, SIDA ""A very handy field guide... this book will be of use to anyone in northeastern North America."" - C. Barre Hellquist, Rhodora ""It can be used to identify most of the plants... in Michigan and adjacent areas."" - James E. Eckenwalder, Wildflower

About the Author:

Richard K. Rabeler is a Collections Manager for Vascular Plants and an Adjunct Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Herbarium. He is a past coeditor of the Michigan Botanist and a contributor to the accounts of the Caryophyllaceae (Pink family) in the Flora of North America, Flora of China, and Steyermark's Flora of Missouri.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0472032461
• ISBN 13: 9780472032464
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400