Flowering plants : smartweeds to hazelnuts /

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Author / Creator:Mohlenbrock, Robert H., 1931-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:Illustrated flora of Illinois.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11134811
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Other authors / contributors:Thomson, Paul M., 1942-
ISBN:9780809389964
0809389967
9780809329267
0809329263
Notes:OldControl:muse9780809389964.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Since the publication of the first edition of Smartweeds to Hazelnuts in 1987, thirteen additional species and one hybrid have been discovered in Illinois. In addition, numerous nomenclatural changes have occurred for plants already known. This second edition updates the status of the Polygonaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Platanaceae, Fagaceae, Betulaceae, and Corylaceae in Illinois. Each of the newly discovered species has been added and is fully illustrated. Updated nomenclature as well as Illinois distributional data are included for each species. In addition to the fourt.
Other form:Print version: Mohlenbrock, Robert H. Flowering Plants : Smartweeds to Hazelnuts. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009 9780809329267
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Since the publication of the first edition of Smartweeds to Hazelnuts in 1987, thirteen additional species and one hybrid have been discovered in Illinois. In addition, numerous nomenclatural changes have occurred for plants already known.

This second edition updates the status of the Polygonaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Platanaceae, Fagaceae, Betulaceae, and Corylaceae in Illinois. Each of the newly discovered species has been added and is fully illustrated. Updated nomenclature as well as Illinois distributional data are included for each species. In addition to the fourteen new plant illustrations, the appendix contains new information on the descriptions and the geographical locations of plants in the first edition, and revised identification keys.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock and Paul M. Thomson Jr. have included a complete description, illustrations showing diagnostic features, distribution maps, and ecological notes for each plant included in this volume.

This new edition will be invaluable to scholars of botany as well as laypersons interested in observing plants in their natural habitat.

Item Description:OldControl:muse9780809389964.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index.
ISBN:9780809389964
0809389967
9780809329267
0809329263