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
Synopsis
Easily Identify the Flowers You Find!
Enjoy this essential guide to identifying spring wildflowers and flower families, written by celebrated ecologist May Theilgaard Watts. With this handy, easy-to-use book, you'll be able to identify a wide variety of flowers in no time.
Features:
- Covers the United States and southern Canada, east of the Rockies and north of the Smokies
- Pocket-size, key-style field guide fits in your pocket or pack, making it easy to take along with you
- Provides a series of simple questions, so you can find the family the flower belongs to, and then the name of the individual species
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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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The ORCHID FAMILY (Orchidaceae)
Flowers irregular, with one petal forming a lip or pouch; stamens 1 or 2; pollen usually in sticky mass; seeds tiny, numerous.
If the lip is a pouch Go on page 13 to
If the lip is spreading Go below to
If the flower is rose-purple with lip created in 3 ridges, leaf after flowering season
It is ARETHUSA (SWAMP PINK) Arethusa bulbs
If the flower is pinkish purple and white
Is is SHOWY ORCHIS Orchis spectabilis
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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)
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