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Shrubs And Woody Vines Of Indiana And The Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Values, And Landscaping Use
As the definitive identification guide to the shrubs and woody vines of Indiana, this book also provides coverage of 90% of the species to be found in surrounding Midwestern US states. As well as covering indigenous species, it also includes all currently known invasive shrubs. Written by two leading experts in plant taxonomy, the guide is prepared in the same attractive, easy-to-use format as the bestselling Native Trees of the Midwest. Descriptive text explains how to identify every species in any season, and original color photographs taken by Sally Weeks detail all important characteristics. The authors provide practical guidance concerning the potential ornamental value of each species for those interested in landscaping and also evaluate their potential value for encouraging wildlife. Designed for experts in natural resource management as well as the interested general public, the volume includes distribution maps, identification keys, and an index of both common and Latin names.
Paperback: 475 pages
Publisher: Purdue University Press (March 15, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1557536104
ISBN-13: 978-1557536105
Product Dimensions:  6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:  4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #389,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)   #8 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Taxonomic Classification   #25 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Gardening & Landscape Design > By Region > Midwest   #49 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Gardening & Landscape Design > Shrubs
Overall, this book is great. Its filled with diagnostic photos of various features of many species of shrubs. Each species description covers a full spread of two pages so there is plenty of room for both detailed text and numerous images, including a range map focused on the midwest showing the county distribution for each species. This layout is excellent, and I expect it will be the standard for similar field guides in the future. Now that we're in the age of modern printing, we can largely leave the dusty old dichotomous keys behind. While a key is included in this book, I certainly find I have much better results identifying plants with visual (or tactile) characteristics, and the large number of high quality, detailed images in this book will certainly work well with the way my brain works.I was especially happy to see that there is "Wildlife Uses" information for each speices, as this sort of information always helps illustrate the importance of our wild plants in the natural community. More importantly, the "Landscaping Value" information for each species encourages people to think about how we could use these plants in our human landscape. If we are to preserve the diversity of our region over time, it is essential that we begin to include these native plants more in our human environments.This book does have some weaknesses however. Their treatment of some geneses is limited. They only include about half of the roses and blackberry species for example. Though they make this clear in their introduction to the genus, it could cause some confusion and misidentification for the end users. For the hawthorns, they don't even try at all, and basically say that 'these are too complicated for us to deal with'.
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