Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities

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Summary: Handy field guide
Review: I like to take this book in the field. The organization allows me to quickly scan what flowering plants I can expect to see in the habitat I'm in. This is especially useful for a lay person who doesn't yet know how to identify family or genus by sight.

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Summary: Become an expert on Florida wildflowers and Communities!
Review: My book on Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities (contact: Univ Press of Florida; 352 392 1351; [e-mail]) will be a real treat to you and to your friends. The book will help you become an expert on Florida wildflowers and the communities of Florida--many which are unique to the USA. You will find my book helpful elsewhere, especially in the southeast of the USA. Worked on this book for years! Learn these plants, help to protect them, and enjoy them. Wildflowers are a part of our national heritage. Book has a neat cover. Price is very reasonable--less than a dinner at a local cafe! Have had many good comments from buyers. Excellent gift for all occasions! Price at Amazon is very good. I know of several individuals who have purchased the book from Amazon. You might want to check out my other book listed on Amazon: The Field Guide to Florida Wildflowers (Taylor Publ. Co., 1550 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235). Both books are different and both are needed if you want to be super, super good! ENJOY!

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Summary: Not Very Helpful
Review: This book is very limited. You have to look at each page to ID the flower. Some pictures are not very clear, and some do not show the leaves. If the plant you look at is not excatly like the book's pix you can't be 100% sure of the plant's ID.

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Summary: Handy field guide
Review: This is an easy to use guide that provides quick identification of Florida wildflowers. The organization is intuitive. Each species treatment is thorough and the photography is top notch. This user highly recomends this book.

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Summary: A must have guide for anyone interested in wildflowers of Fl
Review: This is an easy to use guide that provides quick identification of Florida wildflowers. The organization is intuitive. Each species treatment is thorough and the photography is top notch. This user highly recomends this book.

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Summary: A well organized and easy to use field guide to FL flowers
Review: This reference guide is nicely divided into 8 terrestrial communities: Pine Flatwoods, Sandhills and Clayhills, Scrubs, Temperate Hardwood Forests, Coastal Uplands, Rockland Pinelands, Rockland Hardwood Hammocks, and Ruderal Sites. Each community is described and further subdivided. The descriptions and pictures of the typical plants in each community are are good and nicely organized.

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Summary: UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA, [e-mail]
Review: Walter Taylor's guide will help readers recognize and identify wildflowers in a different way, not principally by their color or family group, but by where they're most likely to be found growing- their natural habitat. This book is the first of its kind for Florida.

Detailed descriptions and 450+ color photos (of each community and individual wildflower species) as well as listings of each flower's scientific and common names, flowering time, habitats, distribution, and geographical range make this the single most useful reference for wildflower watchers, native plant gardeners, and anyone interested in protecting the ecologically unique comunities that sustain Florida's wildflowers.

With 500 color photos, 6 maps, 12 drawings, references and index.