Weeds of the West - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weeds of the West write by Robert Parker. This book was released on 1998-05. Weeds of the West available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Learning to identify unwanted plants around the home, farm, or ranch will be much easier with this comprehensive publication. It will help you identify plants that compete with native plants, horticultural, & agricultural crops as well as those that can poison livestock & people. This easy-to-use guide contains more than 900 full-color photos showing the early growth stages, mature plants, & features for positive identification of each weed discussed. Descriptions, habitats, & characteristics of each plant are also included. Glossary. Key to plant families. References. Index.
Weeds of California and Other Western States
Weeds of California and Other Western States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weeds of California and Other Western States write by Joseph M. DiTomaso. This book was released on 2007. Weeds of California and Other Western States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This encyclopedic yet easy-to-use 2-volume set covers 262 individual entries, including a full description of 451 species and another 361 plants compared as similar species, representing 63 plant families. 13 shortcut identification tables for groups that share similar, unusual, or relatively uncommon characteristics. 2 grass identification keys - a key to all characteristics including inflorescences and reproductive parts and a key to vegetative characteristics only. 67 tables comparing important characteristics of difficult-to-distinguish weedy species. Color photos of over 700 weeds including seeds, seedlings, flowers, and mature plants. Appendix of non-native plants rarely or occasionally naturalized in California. Glossary of botanical terms. Bibliography of some of the most pertinent publications. Index to common names, scientific names, and synonyms. Each entry describes the plant category, family name, common name, and synonyms along with a summary of the important aspects of the plant’s life cycle, size, growth form, impact, method of introduction, and toxicity. You'll also find a description of the seedling, mature plant, roots and underground structures, flowers, fruits and seeds, spikelets and florets, spore-bearing structures, and post senescence characteristics for each entry. Also includes a description of the habitat where each is typically found and distribution in California, other states, and worldwide, along with maximum elevation at which the species is found. Rounding out each entry is a description of the methods of reproduction, seed dispersal, germination requirements and conditions, seed survival and longevity, early establishment characteristics and requirements, cultural practices and management options that have proven effective or ineffective in controlling infestations, and a notation of the species' inclusion on federal or state noxious weed lists.
Aquatic and Riparian Weeds of the West
Aquatic and Riparian Weeds of the West - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aquatic and Riparian Weeds of the West write by Joseph M. DiTomaso. This book was released on 2003. Aquatic and Riparian Weeds of the West available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first comprehensive identification manual for aquatic and riparian weeds west of the Rocky Mountains. This practical, easy-to-use guide covers 171 aquatic plant species -- consisting of 58 plant groups, including a full description of 82 species and another 96 plants compared as similar species, representing 42 plant families. Lavishly illustrated with over 560 photographs and weighing in at 442 pages, this is a “must-have" reference and field manual for weed control specialists, land managers, water system managers, rice growers, golf course superintendents, and landscape professionals. Anyone interested in learning more about identification of important weeds of aquatic and riparian systems should make room on their bookshelf for this guide.
Weeds of the Northeast
Weeds of the Northeast - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weeds of the Northeast write by Richard Hart Uva. This book was released on 1997. Weeds of the Northeast available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Here, at last, is a lavishly illustrated manual for ready identification of 299 common and economically important weeds in the region south to Virginia, north to Maine and southern Canada, and west to Wisconsin. Based on vegetative rather than floral characteristics, this practical guide gives anyone who works with plants the ability to identify weeds before they flower. - A dichotomous key to all the species described in the book is designed to narrow the choices to a few possible species. Identification can then be confirmed by reading the descriptions of the species and comparing a specimen with the drawings and photographs.- A fold-out grass identification table provides diagnostic information for weedy grasses in an easy-to-use tabular key.- Specimens with unusual vegetative characteristics, such as thorns, square stems, whorled leaves, or milky sap, can be rapidly identified using the shortcut identification table. The first comprehensive weed identification manual available for the Northeast, this book will facilitate appropriate weed management strategy in any horticultural or agronomic cropping system and will also serve home gardeners and landscape managers, as well as pest management specialists and allergists.
The War on Weeds in the Prairie West
The War on Weeds in the Prairie West - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War on Weeds in the Prairie West write by Clinton Lorne Evans. This book was released on 2002. The War on Weeds in the Prairie West available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Despite the fact that fighting weeds was of paramount importance to the agricultural development of Canada, there has scarcely been any research on understanding the origins and history of these lowly plants. The War on Weeds in the Prairie West is the first full-blown environmental history of weeds in western Canada.
