GRASSES PANICUM TO DANTHONIA by Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Paul W. Nelson (Illus) ( 9780809323609 )

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Title:

GRASSES PANICUM TO DANTHONIA

Volume:

Panicum to Danthonia

By:

Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Paul W. Nelson (Illus)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0809323605

ISBN 13:

9780809323609

Publisher:

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

31 July, 2001

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

Illustrated Flora of Illinois

Pages:

480

Description:

This volume includes 20 additional taxa of grasses that have been discovered since the first edition was published in 1973. Because the nature of grass is generally different from that of other flowering plants as special terminology is applied to them, and they are cited here.

Synopsis:

Since the publication of the first edition of Grasses: Panicum to Danthonia in 1973, twenty additional taxa of grasses have been discovered in Illinois that are properly placed in this volume. In addition, numerous nomenclatural changes have occurred for plants already known from the state, and many distributional records have been added. This second edition updates the status of grasses in Illinois. Paul W. Nelson has provided illustrations for all of the additions.Because the nature of grass structures is generally so different from that of other flowering plants, a special terminology is applied to them. In his introduction, Robert H. Mohlenbrock cites these terms, with descriptions that make the identification of unknown specimens possible. Mohlenbrock s division of the grass family into subfamilies and tribes is a major departure from the sequence usually found in most floristic works in North America.Synonyms that have been applied to species in the northeastern United States are given under each species. A description based primarily on Illinois material covers the more important features of the species. The common namesPaflic Grass, Billion Dollar Grass or Japanese Millett, Thread Love Grass, and Goose Grassare the ones used locally in the state. The habitat designation and dot maps showing county distribution of each grass are provided only for grasses in Illinois, but the overall range for each species is also given."

Illustrations:

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Publication:

Imprint:

Southern Illinois University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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