A detailed, field-friendly key to the wild flowering plants of the Northern and Middle United States east of the Mississippi.
This edition guides you through trees, shrubs, ordinary herbs, sedges, and grasses with clear, diagnostic descriptions of leaves, flowers, and fruit.
Structured as an analytical key, the book leads you from general plant form to specific species using visible traits such as perianth parts, stamens, and styles. It covers a wide range of groups and offers practical help for recognizing representative genera and common species.
What you’ll experience
- Step-by-step keys that aid quick, reliable plant identification in the field
- Focused descriptions of floral and vegetative characters, including leaves, stems, and fruit
- A broad survey of wild flowering plants in the eastern United States, with emphasis on practical identification
- A useful reference for students, educators, herbarium work, and professional botanists
Ideal for readers of field guides and practical botany references who want a solid, process-focused tool for plant ID in the eastern U.S.