More than 1,000 illustrations, arranged according to visual similarities, show plant and animal species of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. This guide includes information on how to locate each species by geographic range, tidal range, tidal level, season, topography,...
Some 3 billion people in the world live outside the cash economy in the world’s poorest nations. Food security and regular supply are their daily concerns. Chronic malnutrition is a leading cause of death and disease for them. Young children are amongst the most affected. One child every 5-10...
The ECOCROP database was developed by the Land and Water Division of FAO as a tool to identify plant species for given environments and uses, and as an information system contributing to a Land Use Planning concept. The database was developed inthe 1990sand provides information for more than 2000...
First-ever revision of a classic guidebook Essential information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and edibility as well as updated taxonomy and 18 new species How to find, prepare, and eat plants growing in the wild This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a...
2003-01-01 This publication focuses on the products - the new varieties that have been developed and released since 1988. 39 pages, illustrated, photos
1962-01-01 In the following presentation, there are assembled for the first time more than 115 species, native or naturalized in South Florida and/or on the Florida Keys, that offer food, drink, or, in a few instances, salt-, tobacco- and soap-substitutes - or emergency means of cleaning the teeth. 76...
1983-01-05 Wunderlin provides a means to identify these plants through a series of taxonomic keys to family, genus, and species. He gives the up-to-date accepted scientific name of each species, the major nomenclatural synonyms, many common names, the general habitat preference, and, for plants not native...
A handy guide that uses flower structures, floral diagrams, and the floral formula technique to illustrate the elements common to the genera in more than 100 plant families native to North America or found here as introduced ornamental species. It is widely used both in the classroom and in the...
1978-01-01 This guide is a step toward complete survey of the native, naturalized, introduced and cultivated plants of importance in this regard. 91 pages, tables Circular 441