Description |
1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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A Bur oak original |
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Bur oak original.
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Contents |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Iowa and Its Flora; The Physical Setting; Glacial History; Vegetational History Since the Pleistocene; The Natural Regions of Iowa; Origins of the Iowa Flora; Introduction to the Annotated Checklist; Background; The Checklist Format; Excluded Species; Summary Tables; County Abbreviations; The Annotated Checklist; Pteridophytes; Gymnosperms; Angiosperms: Dicotyledons; Angiosperms: Monocotyledons; Index of Taxa and Synonyms; Index of Common Names; Selected References |
Summary |
Anyone who works with the vascular plants of Iowa - researchers, conservationists, teachers, agricultural specialists, horticulturists, gardeners, and so on - and those who are simply interested in knowing more about the state's plants have long felt a need for a comprehensive flora of Iowa. This meticulously researched volume is a giant first step toward such a flora. This book consists of an extended essay on the natural history of the vascular plants of Iowa, a discussion of their origins, a description of the state's natural regions, and a painstakingly annotated checklist o |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-304) and indexes |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Subject |
Botany -- Iowa
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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NATURE -- General.
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Botany
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Gefäßpflanzen
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Iowa
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Iowa
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Roosa, Dean M
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LC no. |
94021019 |
ISBN |
158729057X |
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9781587290572 |
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