Author: SMITH, HELEN V.
Title: Michigan Wildflowers Smith Bulletin 42
Description: Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ruth Powell Brede. B&W and Color; 6 1/4 x 9"; xii, 465 pages; Hard cover has brown cloth, gold lettering on the spine. Some light shelf rubbing to covers. DJ has some staining, shelf wear, bumping, edge crinkles; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. Extensively illustrated with b/w pictures and 17 color plates. 'Michigan, diverse in climate and rich in wildlands, is well endowed too in wildflowers. Between the prairies of the southwestern corner and the boreal swamps of Isle Royal, the different habitats have, each in its own season, a sometimes bewildering array of plants. But the amateur naturalist has had no wildflower manual suited to our scene, since other books--either East Coast centered or covering half the continent--include many non-Michigan species and omit others common to the state..' Glossary; index to Latin names; index to common names.. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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