A Guide to the Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky

by Roger W. Barbour, Mary E. Wharton, Roger W. Wharton, Mary E. And Barbour

Book Overview

This unique guide to the herbaceous wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky's fields and forests contains 500 full-color plates accompanied by descriptive captions. Each species has been photographed to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813112346
• ISBN13: 9780813112343
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

wonderful plant book

This is a very good book for plant enthusiasts living in and around Kentucky. It is a classic in the field. Very useful and well written.

Splendid

I loved using this book. It was excellent in helping me identify wildflowers for my collection in my botany class. The pictures are great. Some a little hard to determine, but the descriptions included helps guide you in the right direction. I would recommend this book to anyone in the Kentucky area studying wildflowers.

Excellent field guide for Ohioians too!

This is an excellent guide to wildflowers and ferns for those of us on the Ohio side of the river. It is my most used field guide. Roger W. Barbour is definitely a talent as I have found his book "Amphibians & Reptiles of Kentucky" one of the best for identifying local snakes. This book is worth adding to your personal library.

excellent beginner's book

Not only is this book an excellent source for identifying Kentucky wildflowers, it is an excellent source for identifying wildflowers, ferns, etc., for the Central Basin and Smoky Mountains in Tennessee as well.

Good guide to KY Wildflowers and Ferns

This is a very good book showing many of the native wildflowers in the state of Kentucky. The pictures are very good and the plant information and descriptions are excellent. There are a few photos that are not ideal for identifying some species and the book arrangement is somewhat clumsy if this book is used as a field guide. It would have been better if the flowers were arranged by color. Other than that, this is a great book and a popular pick of my students when they have to identify native species for a wildflower collection.