Common Texas Grasses: An Illustrated Guide

by Frank W. Gould and Stephan L. Hatch

Book Overview

This new printing of Gould's classic includes a key to updated names of grasses, prepared by Stephan L. Hatch. This convenient reference guide to the 150 most familiar and important grass species in Texas includes a line drawing and botanical description for each. "A careful morphological description is provided for each species, together with a brief account of its distribution in Texas, its habitat, and its uses. Each description is accompanied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890960585
• ISBN13: 9780890960585
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Natural Reference guide

We have a wildlife management program for our rural property. I purchased this book to help me identify the plants we have growing here. I am learning to tell the native grasses from imported varieties. This book has nice illustrations and good information. I might prefer photographs to help identify but these illustrations are pretty good. Unfortunately since I got the book we have had the worst drought ever in this area of Texas. I haven't been able to identify any grass because nothing is growing. What a disappointment. However I like the book because it tells about each type of grass, where it prefers to grow, what type of wildlife eats it etc. It is easy to read not too scientific. When it does use scientific terms there is an illustration pointing out what part of the plant they are referring to which is helpful in learning to identify them. I'll have to decide later whether or not it is helpful in identifying the actual grasses when or if this drought ever ends.

A must for Texas Grass identification

This isn't an all inclusive book, but it does have most of the common grasses in Texas. It is definately a book that can be brought with you into the field in areas that you might not be familiar with all of the grasses.

for the grass enthousiast

This book has excellent detailed drawings of the whole plant, and the bloom or seed head. The descriptions of the grasses are thorough and include fair-excellent ratings on wildlife and or cattle grazing. For a native grass enthousiast or a rancher, this book is excellent. Many grasses have similar visual attributes, though. For the average person who has no previous knowledge of grasses and no alternate source with actual photos, this resource could be confusing by itself.

GRASSES AND HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM

THIS BOOK ON GRASS IS A REAL GOOD BOOK FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LOT OVER IDENTIFICATION OF GRASSES.