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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Amazing photographs of wildflowers and interesting facts about each plant are provided in this beautiful picture book. The author is also the photographer. While the flowers are arranged by bloom time in chronological order, I expected to have the flowers arranged month by month or by seasons with a divider page in between to make it easier to say look at all flowers found in March or those found in fall. Instead the table of contents simply lists the flowers in order that they are placed in the book with no list of bloom time. Since the flower names are not alphabetically or with scientific names in the table of contents it makes it difficult for the reader to navigate the book. Only in the author's description of each wildflower does the reader find out where the wildflowers are located. This book is more about the arrangement of the photos and text than about good information about wildflowers. The author did include the scientific names for each wildflower. Several wildflowers that the author included I would not classify as such. I would consider them crops that are all planted domestically and have escaped cultivation to be found occasionally on the road side so some people consider them wildflowers. Red clover for example is planted along roadsides and in medians as a means of beautification. I consider that a crop rather than a wildflower. Chicory and purple coneflower (echinachea) are two other wildflowers that I would also consider as crops and not wildflowers. Overall a beautiful picture book of wildflowers but not a good book for studying plants. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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While snow was still on the ground, noted naturalist/photographer Hope Ryden set out to find and document the wide variety of wildflowers that bloom each season. In conversational essays accompanied by stunning full-color photographs, she introduces readers to more than thirty wildflowers found in backyards, vacant lots, and swamps across the country, from the common dandelion to the rare and delicate nodding ladies' tresses. She also tells the story behind the name of each flower and describes the relationship each has with its specific winged pollinator--bird or insect. Informative and beautiful to look at, Wildflowers Around the Year will inspire young readers to start their own search for these often hidden treasures. Bibliography. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)582.13Natural sciences and mathematics Plants Plants noted for specific vegetative characteristics and flowers Herbaceous and woody plants, plants noted for their flowers Flowering plantsClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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