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The emerald horizon : the history of nature in Iowa / Cornelia F. Mutel.
Van Pelt Library QH105.I8 M875 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer.
- Series:
- Bur oak book
- A Bur oak book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Iowa--History.
- Natural history.
- History.
- Iowa.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Iowa's "emerald prairie" that "gleamed and shone to the horizon's edge," as botanist Thomas Macbride described it in 1895, has vanished. Cornelia Mutel's passionate dedication to restoring this damaged landscape-and by extension the transformed landscape of the entire Corn Belt-invigorates her blend of natural history and human history, giving us hope and sound suggestions for the future.
- Contents:
- 2 A Miracle of Sight, Scent, and Sound 35
- 3 The Great Transformation 75
- 4 Prairies Today 113
- 5 Oak Woodlands and Bottomland Forests Today 153
- 6 Restoring Nature's Systems 189
- 7 Present Quandaries, Future Quests 223
- Appendix Common and Scientific Names of Native and Naturalized Plants in the Text 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781587296321
- 1587296322
- OCLC:
- 170057871
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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