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by: A. S. Hitchcock, A. S. Hitchcock U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 584.90973
EAN: 9780486227184
ISBN: 0486227189
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 525
Publication Date: June 01, 1971
Publisher: Dover Publications
Sales Rank: 65294
Studio: Dover Publications
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Volume 2 of the basic study of American grasses, both indigenous and escapes, cultivated and wild. Over 1400 species. Full descriptions, information. Total in set: over 1100 maps, illustrations. 'A definitive work invaluable to both amateur and professional botanists.' — American Reference Books Annual.
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Rating: - Manual of Grasses of the United States Volume 1
As a botany student any publication by Hitchcock is the best. Only comment is that there is additional vital data in the second volume which I was not aware of until I was in the throws of identifying some grasses!! That being said Vol 2 is on my wish list. - It is a very nice supplement to Flora of the Pacific Northwest.
Rating: - Necessary for anyone interested in the grasses.
The two volume set published by Dover is a reprint of A.S. Hitchcock's 1950 Manual of the Grasses (2nd Ed.). But don't let that fool you. Perhaps some names have changed in the last 50 years, but the grasses remain the same. Here is one of the greatest sources of informaton on US grasses in the most compact form that can be found anywhere: descriptons, illustrations, distribution (which may be more of historic value than current), and, in the case of many exotics, history of introductions. There's ... Read More
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