Spring Flora of Minnesota: Including Common Cultivated Plants

By Thomas Morley

The flowers of springtime in a northern climate are one of nature's greatest pleasures after the long, cold winter. Thus the study of spring flowers in Minnesota offers a special delight, and this manual of the state's flora will help anyone -- student, amateur, or professional botanist -- in the pursuit and enjoyment of that study.The book describes plants which bloom between mid-March and early June, including 662 species of native plants and 194 commonly cultivated species. Keys are provided for families, genera, and species, and descriptions are given of families and genera, with brief accounts of each species and its habitat; distributions within the state are described for all native species. The major groups included are the gymnosperms and the angiosperms. Illustrations show general types of leaves, stamens, flowers, and certain more specific details. There are a map of Minnesota vegetation types and a map of Minnesota counties, with a county index. A glossary and general index complete the contents.This is a hardcover edition of the work published in 1966 by the University of Minnesota Department of Botany, with corrections and some revisions. In a review of the earlier edition the MICHIGAN BOTANIST said: "From its concise, lucid introduction to its above-average glossary, this little flora has aroused a more enthusiastic response from the editor than any other he has seen in a long time."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816658315
• ISBN13: 9780816658312
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"