Field Guide to the Common Weeds of Kansas

Barkley, T.M.

ISBN 10: 0700602240 / ISBN 13: 9780700602247

Published by University Press of Kansas, 1983

About this Item

Inscribed by author ("Best Regards Ted Barkley. November 5, 1983"). Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Contribution Number 82-547-B. Minor warping of lower edge. Seller Inventory # 153

Bibliographic Details

Title: Field Guide to the Common Weeds of Kansas

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG-

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis:

This handbook illustrates and describes the 200 kinds of common weeds found in Kansas along roadsides and in yards, gardens, and cultivated fields. Designed as a reference for the general reader with no special training in botany, it will be of value to farmers, ranchers, gardeners, or anyone who must control weeds.

A detailed line drawing of the plant and a distribution map is provided for each species. The description lists its common and scientific names and includes information on the plant's typical size, stem, leaves, flowers, particular arrangement of flowers, and habitat. Useful commentary about the weed—such as whether it is poisonous to livestock—is also given. The book includes a glossary of botanical terms and an index of plant names.

A handy system of "finding lists" enable the user, working with only three or fewer structural features of a plant, to arrive at easy, on-the-spot identification of an unknown weed.

About the Author:

T. M. Barkley is curator of the herbarium and professor of botany at Kansas State University and taxonomist at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. He is editor of the Great Plains Flora Association's Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.