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Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World
Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World
by Bob Gibbons
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Wildflower Wonders showcases the most spectacular displays of wild blooms on the planet, from infrequent flowerings in the Mojave and other deserts to regular but no less stunning alpine wildflower "events" in Italy, South Africa, and Australia. This... (read more)

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Flowers of the Himalaya: A Supplement
Flowers of the Himalaya: A Supplement
by Adam Stainton
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This supplement to Flowers of the Himalaya covers species that were not included in the previous book, with much new photographic material that has since become available. The book also includes illustrations of species that were given only a written... (read more)

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Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora
Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora
by Willow Zuchowski
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Beautifully illustrated with more than 540 full-color photographs, this guide to the native and exotic flora in Costa Rica is an indispensable resource for naturalists, students, and researchers, as well as both experienced and first-time visitors to... (read more)

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Wildflowers Across America
Wildflowers Across America
by Lady Bird Johnson
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A veritable bouquet of hundreds of America's favorite wildflowers.... (read more)

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Forests of Hope: Stories of Regeneration
Forests of Hope: Stories of Regeneration
by Christian Kulchli
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A book of inspiring beauty that tells of a unique odyssey around the world in search of positive tales of forest restoration "An extremely readable book with a hopeful message that deserves to reach a wide audience" -- Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud, Word Wide... (read more)

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The World Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers and Flora: An Authorative Guide to More Than 750 Wild Flowers of the World, Beautifully Illustrated with More T
The World Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers and Flora: An Authorative Guide to More Than 750 Wild Flowers of the World, Beautifully Illustrated with More T
by Mike Lavelle
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A stunning visual guide to more than 750 of the most important wild fowers, trees, shrubs, herbs, cati, grasses, mosses, aquatic plants and weeds.... (read more)

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A Cactus Odyssey: Journeys in the Wilds of Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina
A Cactus Odyssey: Journeys in the Wilds of Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina
by James Mauseth
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This book presents the stories of three avid field biologists who over the course of 15 years frequently traveled together in search of cacti in Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina. The conversational style of this travelogue allows us to share in the authors... (read more)

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Desert Plants of Egypt's Wadi El Gemal National Park
Desert Plants of Egypt's Wadi El Gemal National Park
by Tamer Mahmoud
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The vegetation in Wadi El Gemal National Park in Egypt's Eastern Desert is more diverse than might first be expected, but even more surprising is the relationship that the desert dwellers continue to have with the plant life in their habitat, despite the... (read more)

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The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History
The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History
by A T Grove
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Mediterranean Europe is often interpreted as a "Lost Eden"--once verdant and fertile but progressively degraded by the mismanagement of successive human civilizations. The authors of this engaging book challenge such a view. They find that the aridity... (read more)

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The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants
The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants
by Yvonne Cave
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The islands that comprise New Zealand offer a unique and diverse flora that includes hundreds of outstanding garden plants. Fully 80 percent of these native plants are found nowhere else on earth. They also display an astonishing diversity, since they... (read more)

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Concise Flowers of the Himalaya
Concise Flowers of the Himalaya
by Oleg Polunin
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Based on the definitive and widely-acclaimed Flowers of the Himalaya, the Concise describes over 1000 species of Himalayan flowers in a more portable and less expensive format. Lavishly illustrated with almost 700 color photos, this volume covers a wide... (read more)

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Third Century of Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda Prorepentia
Third Century of Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda Prorepentia
by Carlyle A Luer
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As the author of previous Icones Pleurothallidinarium orchid "bibles," Luer (a retired Florida surgeon) describes the Stelis of Ecuador, with a key to their subgenera and new species. Bringing order to this large genus was no easy task, for as Dr... (read more)

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Fungi of Australia, Vol. 1A
Fungi of Australia, Vol. 1A
by Csiro
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Begins a series projected to reach 60 volumes, many of them with multiple parts, for university students, professional mycologists, and serious amateurs. It will describe all the indigenous and naturalized fungi in Australia, including members of the... (read more)

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Encyclopedia of Australian Plants: Suitable for Cultivation, Vol. 2
Encyclopedia of Australian Plants: Suitable for Cultivation, Vol. 2
by W Rodger Elliot
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The first six of an eventual nine volumes of this ambitious encyclopedia are available. They catalog phyla beginning with letters A through M.... (read more)

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Flora of the Russian Arctic Volume 1
Flora of the Russian Arctic Volume 1
by Tolurachen
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Introduction to World Vegetation
Introduction to World Vegetation
by A. S. Collinson
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Trees of the Caribbean
Trees of the Caribbean
by S A Seddon
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Flora of Okinawa & the Southern Ryukyu Islands
Flora of Okinawa & the Southern Ryukyu Islands
by Egbert Walker
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"Special bibliography of works concerned with meanings of scientific and Japanese names": p. 1104. Bibliography: p. 1099-1103.... (read more)

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The Pantanal: Understanding and Protecting the World's Largest Wetland
The Pantanal: Understanding and Protecting the World's Largest Wetland
by Frederick A Swarts
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This collection of papers and presentations represents the best and most comprehensive material on this vast, endangered region. Many of the world's foremost authorities -from Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and other nations, and from key international and... (read more)

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A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Vol. XV, Part B: Ferns and Fern-Allies
A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Vol. XV, Part B: Ferns and Fern-Allies
by Monika Shaffer Fehre
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Although ferns were not included in Trimen's original five-volume ?A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon?, they form a significant part of the vascular flora of the island. A good deal of fern research was carried out contemporaneously to, but independently... (read more)

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