{"product_id":"common-coastal-plants-in-florida-a-guide-to-planting-and-maintenance-9780813015514","title":"Common Coastal Plants in Florida: A Guide to Planting and Maintenance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If you are challenged by trying to garden on property facing salt or brackish water  heres help.\"--Southern Living \"This is the homeowners complete tome to coastal (read that salt-tolerant) plants. . . . A great guide for home or office areas.\"--Palm Beach Post Common Coastal Plants in Florida is a practical guide to identifying  obtaining  planting  and maintaining the plants most frequently found along the fringes and sandy shores of the Sunshine State. Black  white  and red mangrove  sea ox-eye daisy  saltgrass  marsh-elder and beach-elder  needle rush and black rush  smooth cordgrass  salt jointgrass  marsh-hay  bitter panicum and sea-oats are just a handful of the plants profiled in this beautiful and useful volume. Complete descriptions of Floridas beach  dune  and wetland communities and a guide to selection and cultivation of plant species appropriate for each type help gardeners assess the needs of their coastal properties. Plant characteristics  plant availability  planting and maintenance guidelines  commercial sources for vegetation  and suggestions for additional reading provide basic hands-on  how-to information. Forty color photographs and 35 drawings serve as a convenient  user-friendly identification guide for gardeners and beachcombers alike. Floridas fragile coastal communities are increasingly threatened by erosion--the result of weather  rising sea levels  and human impact on the environment. The editors of this volume explain how plant habitats help protect these areas  functioning as sand or soil traps and stabilizers  providing food and shelter for wildlife  contributing to water-quality maintenance  and beautifying our state. Since its first appearance in 1990  Common Coastal Plants has been an authoritative and popular guide. This new edition is sure to prove equally useful to the ever-increasing number of homeowners along Floridas coastline and to anyone interested in protecting one of the states most important natural resources.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914008551477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813015510","price":813.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813015514.jpg?v=1787329408","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/common-coastal-plants-in-florida-a-guide-to-planting-and-maintenance-9780813015514","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}