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Wild Flowers of North Carolina, 2nd Ed. | 
 enlarge | Authors: William S. Justice, C. Ritchie Bell, Anne H. Lindsey
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 252878
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0807855979
Dewey Decimal Number: 582.1309756
EAN: 9780807855973
ASIN: 0807855979
Publication Date: May 30, 2005
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Product Description
This classic botanical handbook, originally compiled by the late William S. Justice and C. Ritchie Bell, pairs color photographs with descriptions of the wild flowers and flowering trees, shrubs, vines, herbs, and weeds found in North Carolina and many other eastern states, from Delaware to Georgia. Entries include information on habitat, range, size, months of bloom, and features for identification. For this new edition, Bell and Anne H. Lindsey have included 100 additional species and expanded the information in previous entries to address developments in the field of plant conservation, providing comments on endangered and protected species, medicinal uses, the cultivation of species in a wild garden, and the commercial availability of nursery-grown natives.
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 Comprehensive, colorful guide, but hard to use August 19, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This guidebook to wild flowers in North Carolina has about 500 species illustrated, each with a description and a small photograph of the flower and plant. The guide deserves high marks for the number of species included and the scholarship which went into describing each by location, blooming date, and other information. Brief tidbits concerning medicinal uses, edibiity, and folklore of the plant are included in many descriptions. Indexed are both scientific and common names of each plant.
However, the guide is nearly worthless for the field identification of flowers. There needs to be some sort of key or pattern to help with identification. There seems no rhyme nor reason I can discern with the order in which the flowers are described. It would be a lot better if the flowers were grouped by blooming date and color, e.g. yellow flowers that appear in May should be together as should purple flowers blooming in September.
So, if you want to go into your backyard and identify what is blooming there you will need a field guide, not this book.
Smallchief
 Wild Flowers of NC October 23, 2003
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Excellent reference book for use in describing flowers growing in North Carolina at certain times of year.
Wild flowers of North Carolina April 17, 2000
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a good book to bring along on day hikes. Clear photos and identifying information. It is not about gardening wildflowers.
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