Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: An Ingenious New Key System for Quick, Positive Field Identification of the Wildflowers, Flowering Shrubs and Vines of Northeastern and North-central North America

Lawrence Newcomb

ISBN 10: 0316604410 / ISBN 13: 9780316604413

Published by Little Brown & Co, 1977

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: An Ingenious New Key System for Quick, Positive Field Identification of the Wildflowers, Flowering Shrubs and Vines of Northeastern and North-central North America
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316604410
• ISBN 13: 9780316604413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gordon Morrison
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Line drawings face each description of the plant's basic structural features in this guide for the amateur wildflower sleuth

Review

"I have tried Newcomb's key on flowers I know, and have been delighted by the ease with which they can be identified. The illustrations seem clear, precise, and definitive. This very salutary combination should make this guide a boon to amateur as well as the professional botanist..."―Eliot Porter

"Anyone who likes wildflowers and is planning a vacation trip to the North Central or Northeastern states will do well to take along this new guide."―Dallas Morning News

"Will be most useful for the identification of wild plants by amateurs and plant lovers. It is certainly an innovative guide for field trips...―S. Dillon Ripley, Smithsonian Institution