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Describes and illustrates the area's 212 flowering plants and ferns.
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Around Australia’s highest mountain lies a rare ecosystem, an alpine area of outstanding beauty and diversity, strikingly different from other
Kosciuszko Alpine Flora describes and illustrates the area’s 212 flowering plants and ferns, of which 21 are endemic. It discusses the geological and human history of the area, the life-forms and habitats of the plants, and explores the various plant communities and their environmental relationships.
The book contains identification keys, detailed descriptions, and distribution and habitat notes for each species. Superb colour photographs show details of flowers, fruit, foliage, and ecology.
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Kosciusko Alpine Flora
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CSIRO/Collins, Melbourne, 1979
ISBN 10: 0643024735
ISBN 13: 9780643024731
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 408pp., Pictorial full colour photographic dustjacket with two small closed tears & light crease along bottom edge of front panel of jacket- covered in removable protective clear plastic, orig. green textured boards with gilt text to spine, olive eps., dbl. page col. illust. title-page, foreword by W. J. Peacock, preface by authors, col. & b/w plts. & text, full page photos, maps- col., diags.- diagrammatic view, tables, bibliog., gloss., index. Kosciusko Alpine Flora is a fitting commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Division of Plant Industry, on of CSIRO's longest established research groups. Size: Octavo. Book. Seller Inventory # 004870
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Kosciusko Alpine Flora [Kosciuszko)
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CSIRO, Collingwood, Victoria, 1979
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Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slightly worn. First Edition. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 408, the top edge foxed, otherwisw very clean internally, green cloth in good condition though with corners slightly bruised, a good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper with slightly faded spiner. From the library of the botanist Alan leslie, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. [Around Australia's highest mountain lies a rare ecosystem, an alpine area of outstanding beauty and diversity, strikingly different from other alpine ecosystems of the world but with common features. Kosciuszko Alpine Flora describes and illustrates the area's 212 flowering plants and ferns, of which 21 are endemic. It discusses the geological and human history of the area, the life-forms and habitats of the plants, and explores the various plant communities and their environmental relationships.]. Seller Inventory # 020669
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Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condition: Very Good +. AUSTRALIAN FAUNA & FLORA -First Edition. 408 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm. Bibliography: pages[381]-389. #090526 Alpine plants. Ecological communities. New South Wales. Mount Kosciusko region. Identification manuals Mountain plants -- New South Wales -- Kosciusko, Mount, Region -- Identification Plant communities -- New South Wales -- Kosciuszko, Mount Botany -- New South Wales -- Kosciuszko, Mount, Region Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Seller Inventory # 95829
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