Roadside Plants and Flowers: A Traveler's Guide to the Midwest and Great Lakes Area

by Marian S. Edsall

Book Overview

A quick and easy guide to more than one hundred roadside plants and flowers.

Ideal for motorists, hikers, and bikers throughout the upper Midwest. The color photographs help both novice and expert in identifying plants quickly, while Marian Edsall's notes provide detailed descriptions of each plant. For the backpack, or saddlebag, this is ideal travel companion.

This guide is very practically arranged, with color coded tabs to direct...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299097048
• ISBN13: 9780299097042
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A must have reference

For both the novice and the expert, this is a great book to have while traveling, walking in the woods or biking. Even in the classroom studying the native plants, this easy to read reference will add to the education of students. Referenced by color of flower, there are over 100's of photos of plants in their native habitate along with pictures of their leaves. There is more than just a botanical description. Whimsy folklore about the plants will enhance the readers enjoyment. Ever wonder why the forget-me-not got its name and why the Thistle is the national Scottish symbol? For a quick reference and review of native flowers you will be glad you got ROADSIDE PLANTS AND FLOWERS.

A user friendly source book

good photographs and information for fast identification of the familiar plants we see so often---and others not so familiar. The author includes interesting information about the specimens making it more interesting than the usual botanical guides. Very useful to an out-of-state traveler