{"product_id":"field-guide-to-indiana-wildflowers-9780253214201","title":"Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers","description":"\u003cp\u003eForty percent or more of Indianas wildflowers will not be found in any of the available field guides. Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers magnificently fills that gap. The book includes all of the herbaceous speciesa total of 1 568recorded in Indiana (except grasses  sedges  and rushes). It contains 640 color photographs  one for every group of visually similar species. Photographs containing more than one species are accompanied by helpful explanations and numerous drawings of the characteristics that separate each of the individual species. Each species entry includes the scientific name  common name  habitats  general distribution in the state  months of blooming  size of the plants and the flowers or inflorescence  and a brief additional description of the plant. Photographs or drawings accompany most entries. Flowers that were introduced to the state or are on Indianas endangered  threatened  and rare list are marked with a one-word notation indicating their status. Species are grouped into families  which are arranged so that the most closely related and usually visually similar are in proximity. To assist the reader in identifying unknown wildflowers  a \"Flower Finder\" section depicts species based on the number of colored parts of the flower and also provides small drawings as visual guides. With an emphasis on completeness  strong visual presentation  and simplicity of terminology  this book is useful to a broad audience  from the most inexperienced amateur to botanical professionals. Kay Yatskievychs love of wildflowers began when she was growing up on a Johnson County  Indiana farm. Since 1990  she has served as co-editor of a 9-volume series  the Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana  published by the Missouri Botanical Garden  while taking photographs and undertaking research for Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers in her spare time. A founding member of both the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society and the Brown County Spring Wildflower Count  Yatskievych has led dozens of wildflower walks and given numerous slide presentations about plants. Many of her photographs have been published as posters and have been featured in books  magazines  and newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495903551541,"sku":"ByrdShop_0253214203","price":95.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780253214201.jpg?v=1780902894","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/field-guide-to-indiana-wildflowers-9780253214201","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}