Focused on the identification of Florida's native and naturalized woody plants, this handbook employs a traditional botanical key format that guides users through a series of simple decisions. Tailored for both amateurs and professionals, the clear and concise keys emphasize easily observable features, ensuring usability throughout the year. Ideal for fieldwork, it serves as a valuable resource for plant enthusiasts, complementing other works on Florida's flora.
Offering an in-depth exploration of Florida's diverse tree species, this comprehensive guide spans from scrub oaks to tropical mangroves, highlighting both native and exotic varieties. Readers will discover iconic trees like the live oak and bald cypress, as well as rare finds like the yew along the Apalachicola River. The book emphasizes Florida's unique blend of tropical and temperate forests, showcasing lush urban plantings alongside natural landscapes. Additionally, it provides suggested field sites for observing these remarkable species in their habitats.
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida belongs in the home of every Florida resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;A complete overview of Florida's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky;An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.The guide is packed with visual information -- the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals. For everyone who lives or spends time in Florida, there can be no finer guide to the area's natural surroundings than the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida.
Examines all the native and naturalized trees of the western United States and Canada as far east as the Great Plains, illustrates important visual details with range maps that provide a thumbnail view of distribution for each native species, gives scientific and common names, taxonomy, information on the most recently naturalized species, and also contains a key to leaves, an introduction to tree identification, forest ecology, and plant classification and structure.
