Grasses in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Prairie Grasses of the Upper Midwest

by Michael Hurst, Lynn G. Clark, Deborah Lewis, et al.

At the time of European settlement, tallgrass prairie was the iconic landscape in much of the Upper Midwest. Although its extent has been drastically reduced, intact prairie remnants exist, prairie species persist along roadsides, and interest in prairie reconstruction has increased. The basic prairie matrix is formed by grasses, yet their diversity and beauty are often underappreciated because their flowering structures are highly reduced to aid...

• Format: Map
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609382382
• ISBN13: 9781609382384
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.2" x 8.9"