Wildflowers and plant communities of the southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont : a naturalist's guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia / Timothy P. Spira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spira, Timothy P.

Series:

Southern gateways guide.

Southern gateways guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wild flowers--Appalachian Region, Southern--Identification.

Wild flowers.

Wild flowers--Piedmont (U.S. : Region)--Identification.

Plant communities--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Plant communities.

Plant communities--Piedmont (U.S. : Region).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This richly illustrated field guide serves as an introduction to the wildflowers and plant communities of the southern Appalachians and the rolling hills of the adjoining piedmont. Rather than organizing plants, including trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, by flower color or family characteristics, as is done in most guidebooks, botanist Tim Spira takes a holistic, ecological approach that enables the reader to identify and learn about plants in their natural communities. This approach, says Spira, better reflects the natural world, as plants, like other organisms, don't live in isolation;

Contents:

Photo key

Plant community profiles

Species profiles.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

979-88-908771-0-9

0-8078-7765-4

OCLC:

715956508