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Field guide to the Piedmont : the natural habitats of America's most lived-in region, from New York City to Montgomery, Alabama / Michael A. Godfrey.
Van Pelt Library QH104.5.P54 G62 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Godfrey, Michael A., 1940-
- Standardized Title:
- Sierra Club naturalist's guide to the Piedmont
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Piedmont (U.S. : Region)--Guidebooks.
- Natural history.
- Piedmont (U.S. : Region)--Guidebooks.
- Piedmont (U.S. : Region).
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 524 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Piedmont
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Michael Godfrey's Field Guide to the Piedmont - originally published by Sierra Club Books and here newly revised and updated - is an informative and entertaining guide to the entire region's habitats, ecosystems, and rich botanical communities. Focusing on plant succession, geology, soils, climate, and the plants and animals with which we share the land, Field Guide to the Piedmont also features 180 illustrations for easy identification of the Piedmont's principal flora and fauna. A chapter describing and providing directions to over fifty sites of special interest will inspire Piedmont residents to take this field guide in hand and explore their natural surroundings.
- Notes:
- Originally published: A Sierra Club naturalist's guide to the Piedmont. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, c1980.
- "A Chapel Hill book."--P. [ii].
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-497) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807846716
- OCLC:
- 36589318
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