Flower Finder: A Guide to the Identification of Spring Wild Flowers and Flower Families East of the Rockies and North of the Smokies, Exclusive of Trees and Shrubs (Nature Study Guides) - Softcover

Watts, May Theilgaard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912550007 ISBN 13: 9780912550008

Publisher: Wilderness Press, 1955

Synopsis

<p><b>Easily Identify the Flowers You Find!</b><br><p>Enjoy this essential guide to identifying spring wildflowers and flower families, written by celebrated ecologist <b>May Theilgaard Watts.</b> With this handy, easy-to-use book, you'll be able to identify a wide variety of flowers in no time.<br> <p><b>Features:</b><br> <ul><li>Covers the United States and southern Canada, east of the Rockies and north of the Smokies</li> <li>Pocket-size, key-style field guide fits in your pocket or pack, making it easy to take along with you</li> <li>Provides a series of simple questions, so you can find the family the flower belongs to, and then the name of the individual species</li></ul></p></p></p>

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About the Author

May Theilgaard Watts (1893-1975) was a teacher, writer, illustrator, and naturalist. Born in Illinois, she was a pioneer in the field of ecology.

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<p><b>The ORCHID FAMILY (Orchidaceae)</b><br><p>Flowers irregular, with one petal forming a lip or pouch; stamens 1 or 2; pollen usually in sticky mass; seeds tiny, numerous.<br><p>If the lip is a pouch Go on page 13 to<br><p>If the lip is spreading Go below to<br><p>If the flower is rose-purple with lip created in 3 ridges, leaf after flowering season<br><p>It is ARETHUSA (SWAMP PINK) Arethusa bulbs<br><p>If the flower is pinkish purple and white<br><p>Is is SHOWY ORCHIS Orchis spectabilis</p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Wilderness Press
• Publication date: 1955
• ISBN 10: 0912550007
• ISBN 13: 9780912550008
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 64