Newcomb's Wildflower Guide

Lawrence Newcomb

ISBN 10: 0316604429 / ISBN 13: 9780316604420

Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1989

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 22325

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316604429
• ISBN 13: 9780316604420
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Gordon Morrison
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Botany

About this title

Synopsis

An ingenious key system for quick, positive field identification of wildflowers, flowering shrubs and vines in Northeastern and North-central North America.

Amateur and expert alike can quickly and accurately identify almost any wildflower using Lawrence Newcomb's system, which is based on natural structural features that are easily visible even to the untrained eye. Every time you see an unknown plant, ask yourself the same five questions (related to the type of plant and the structure of its petals and leaves), and you will be directed to the page on which the plant can be found. Beautiful illustrations make confirmation easy.

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