EARTHQUEST (Canada) for the Environment
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As a result of over 25 years of practical experience, Dave Jolly, Senior Instructor of the EARTHQUEST Biological Field School, has produced a photo field guide book on Ontario's Species at Risk plants. This publication provides details on plant genera visual field characteristics, Ecological Land Classification ecosite types, propagation, cultivation, medicinal properties and uses, habitat, distribution, status (endangered, threatened, vulnerable, provincial and regional rank, etc.), distribution maps, confusing species which may be easily misidentified - eg. Butternut or White walnut vs. Black walnut, spring, summer, fall and winter photos of leaves, bark, leaf buds/scales/bundle traces, flowers/fruits of native species, as well as seasonal flowering dates. The book covers 37 families, 53 genera and 67 species All of this information is presented on 2 pages for each plant, with an index set up in the format of a binomial key based on flower colour, leaf arrangement and habitat type.
 Comparatively, this is the first publication that truly attempts to include all the information that a Botanist, Ecologist, teacher, student, Habitat Restoration Ecologist, Arborist, Herbalist, Ecological Land Classifier, Gardener or Nursery needs to quickly and accurately identify rare vascular plants. This publication is essential for scientists and practioners to increase their rate and accuracy for identifying plants in the field or to classify natural terrestrial, aquatic or wetland areas based on vegetation characterics To order this book please email or phone
Purchase your copy of our new book on the flora and fauna of the Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve
Purchase your copy of our new photo field guide book on the vascular plant Genera of Ontario
D. Jolly, B.Sc.
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