Download or read book Field Guide to the Common Grasses of Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska written by Iralee Barnard and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once covered by wild grasses, America's heartland is by nature a grassland, populated with plants whose ecological importance, practical value, and subtle beauty we are only now beginning to comprehend. Of the 3,000 species of wild plants in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, in the heart of the heartland, only two of every ten are grasses, and in some prairies just one or two of these can account for 80 to 90 percent of the ground cover. It is these major wild grasses, the native and the naturalized, that this field guide covers, as well as some not found in such large numbers but nonetheless widespread and easily noticed. From the more familiar (like big bluestem, little bluestem, Indiangrass, switchgrass, buffalograss, sideoats grama, and blue grama) to the less recognized (such as ticklegrass, rice cutgrass, and prairie wedgegrass), from the weedy to the desirable, each of the seventy species profiled in these pages appears in full-color, its fundamental characteristics clearly identifiable by novice and expert alike: flowers and seed heads, leaf details with size comparisons, and whole mature plant pictures. Though of ever broadening interest--to ranchers, gardeners, naturalists, and restorers of prairies and native landscapes--grasses are notoriously tricky to identify. A number of features of this guide make the task considerably easier. A handy system of "finding lists," allows a user to navigate quickly to identification of an unknown grass. Descriptions, written in clear and easily understood terms, focus on the primary characteristics of each species and are accompanied by distribution maps. And an illustrated glossary, leaf comparison section, and table of grass flowering dates provide additional information and opportunities for recognizing and appreciating various species. Putting these plants into ecological and cultural context, botanist and grass specialist Iralee Barnard gives readers, whether curious amateur, passionate naturalist, or professional, a new way of understanding the grasses of America's prairies and plains, including their plant structures and adaptations, their natural history, ecological associations, and cultural importance.
Download or read book A Handbook of Nebraska Grasses with Illustrated Keys for Their Identification Together with a General Account of Their Structure and Economic Importance written by Edwin Mead Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook of Nebraska Grasses written by Edwin Mead Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook of Nebraska Grasses written by Edwin Mead Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook of Nebraska Grasses written by Edwin Mead Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook of Nebraska Grasses written by Edwin Mead Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Native Grasses of Nebraska written by A. L. Frolik and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grasses of the Great Plains written by James Stubbendieck and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vast swath of prairie situated between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, the North American Great Plains extend across ten states in the United States and three provinces in Canada. The dominant vegetation is grass—both the native species that have long thrived here and the cultivated crops such as corn, wheat, and sorghum that are the result of human agricultural activity. This comprehensive guide, written by three grass specialists, is an invaluable tool for identification of the approximately 450 species of grasses that occur on the Great Plains. In each description, the authors cover distribution, habitat, forage value, and toxicity and include a detailed black-and-white illustration of the grass as well as a range map. Intended as a reference for landowners, rangeland specialists, students, state and federal agency professionals, and nongovernment conservation organizations, Grasses of the Great Plains will serve a wide audience of users involved in and dedicated to grassland management.
Download or read book Report of the Botanist on the Grasses and Forage Plants and the Catalogue of Plants of Nebraska written by Charles Edwin Bessey and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Preliminary List of the Grasses of Nebraska written by Charles Edwin Bessey and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nebraska Range and Pasture Grasses written by University of Nebraska. Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Guide to Wildflowers of Nebraska and the Great Plains written by Jon Farrar and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mixed-grass prairies of the Panhandle in the west, to the Sandhills prairie and mixed-grass prairies in central Nebraska, to the tallgrass prairies in the east, the state is home to hundreds of wildflower species, yet the primary guide to these flowers has been out of print for almost two decades. Now back in a second edition with updated nomenclature, refined plant descriptions, better photographs where improvements were called for, and a new design, Jon Farrar’s Field Guide to Wildflowers of Nebraska and the Great Plains, originally published by NEBRASKAland magazine and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, is a visual treat and educational guide to some of the region’s showiest and most interesting wildflowers. Organizing species by color, Farrar provides scientific, common, and family names; time of flowering; distribution both for Nebraska specifically and for the Great Plains in general; and preferred habitat including soil type and plant community from roadsides to woodlands to grasslands. Descriptions of each species are succinct and accessible; Farrar packs a surprising amount of information into a compact space. For many species, he includes intriguing notes about edibility, medicinal uses by Native Americans and early pioneers, similar species and varieties, hybridization, and changes in status as plants become uncommon or endangered. Superb color photographs allow each of the 274 wildflowers to be easily identified and pen-and-ink illustrations provide additional details for many species. It is a joy to have this new edition riding along on car seats and in backpacks helping naturalists at all levels of expertise explore prairies, woodlands, and wetlands in search of those ever-changing splashes of color we call wildflowers.
Download or read book County Committee Handbook written by Nebraska Centennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1963* with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides counties with guidelines for Centennial Tree Planting Program and Native Grass Program.
Download or read book Notes on the Grasses and Forage Plants of Iowa Nebraska and Colorado written by Louis Hermann Pammel and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Native Grasses of Nebraska written by Anton Lawrence Frolik and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Native Vegetation of Nebraska written by John Ernest Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nebraska Range and Pasture Grasses written by James L. Stubbendieck and published by . This book was released on 1985* with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
