The Firefly Dictionary of Plant Names: Common and Botanical

This is the only guide needed to find the name of a plant. Using whichever name is already known -- common or botanical -- readers will quickly find the name needed using the extensive cross-reference... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552976025
• ISBN13: 9781552976029
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Easy to use

Firefly Dictionary of Plant Names: A very organized outline. Easy to find what you are looking for. First, looking under "Contents", it is easy to find the category you will need in either common or botanical classes. Finding something under a common name class will give you the direct botanical counterpart, that is, if it's in there. This book boasts an impressive 30'000 terms, but it seems to have left out some very obvious plants. Daylily and Nandina are a couple of examples. Still, with 30'000 entries, a few omissions can be accepted. Understanding that, because Common Names change a bit from region to region, it can be a little frustrating trying to learn the botanical nomanclature. A "Burning Bush" can be two or three different plants depending on where you live. However, learn the botanical equivalent, then you'll understand not all "Burning Bushes" are the same plant. combretum macrophyllum is very different from euonymous alatus.