Plant identification employs an extensive and complex terminology. Professional botanists often need several years in the field to master this terminology, and it presents a daunting obstacle to the student of botany.

The winner of the CHOICE Best Academic Books Award in its first edition, Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, Second Edition has been thoroughly reillustrated and includes more than 300 additional terms. The best book available on plant descriptive terminology is now even better.

The meaning of most botanical terms, however, is immediately apparent when an illustration is available. That is the purpose of this volume. Plant Identification Terminology provides over nineteen hundred clear illustrations of terms used in plant identification keys and descriptions. It also includes definitions for more than twenty-seven hundred taxonomic terms.

About the Author

James G. Harris is professor emeritus at Utah Valley University, where he taught biology, evolution, and field-oriented botany courses for thirty-four years. He is the author or coauthor of several scientific publications dealing with the flora of the Western United States and the Canadian Arctic.

Melinda Woolf Harris is an artist, illustrator, and former art teacher in the public school system of Utah. Her sharp eye for detail and her love of the natural world are evident in her artwork. She resides in Payson, Utah with three cats, a mule, and her husband.

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