| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-02-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 215 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Publisher's Note White trout-lily and yellow lady's-slipper. Pineapple weed and wild columbine. Blazing-star and jack-in-the-pulpit. Whether showy or modest, celebrated or little known, widespread or confined to a particular county, almost every wildflower found in the Buckeye State has its place in Wildflowers of Ohio, a user-friendly guide to the identification and characteristics of 281 of Ohio's common wildflowers. Flowers are arranged according to their color: white, yellow and orange, pink and red, blue and purple, and green and brown. Each flower is presented in a full-color photograph showing it in its natural habitat. The photos are accompanied by a concise but detailed text about the plant's life and its relationship to the environment, There are brief descriptions of the field characteristics, comments about the plant's biology and its uses by humans, the range of distribution in Ohio, habitat, and blooming period. Anyone interested in the out-of-doors and its natural wonders who lives in Ohio or neighboring states will benefit from this lovely regional field guide.
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