{"product_id":"wildflowers-grasses-of-virginias-coastal-plain","title":"Wildflowers \u0026 Grasses of Virginia's Coastal Plain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom articles written and published by the first author in newspapers over the past 7 years  a book is being created about Virginias Coastal Plain wildflowers and grasses. The second author Dr. Gustavus Hall  Professor Emeritus  College of William and Mary  re-wrote portions of the text to ensure botanical accuracy. Louise Menges  Editor  maintained the photo inventory  selected appropriate images for each page  and designed the layout of each page.  Sponsored by the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society  many plants included are native to the Coastal Plain of Virginia  but some are introduced from other areas in the U.S. and from other countries. Included are non-woody plants often seen along roadsides  in meadows  gardens  and lawns. Many are weedy  with small flowers  not usually seen in field guides. Also included are grasses commonly seen in Virginias Coastal Plain.  The plants included here occur in most counties of the Coastal Plain of Virginia  and some may be found throughout the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains from Cape Cod to Mexico. Originally the book was conceived to include only those plants native to the Coastal Plain. However  in decades of field work  the authors have observed very conspicuous non-native (introduced) plants displacing natives in many locations. These familiar  introduced plants are in the book  to help users distinguish desirable native plants from unwanted species.  The plants are arranged in the book by flower color (white  yellow  orange  red  pink  blue  violet  green  brown)  indicated by a colored rectangle on the upper edge of the page. The grasses and grass-like plants (tan rectangle) are in the last section of the book. Within each color group the plants are arranged alphabetically by families. Photographs on each page show the most prominent feature of each plant  usually the flower.  Text follows the photographs with user-friendly descriptions of the plants characteristics  habitat  range and growing conditions  and interesting facts about uses in folk medicine  by the Native Americans  and origins of the plants names.  All photographs were contributed by members of local chapters of the Virginia Native Plant Society: Ellis Squires from the Northern Neck Chapter; and from the local John Clayton Chapter  Teta Kain  Seig Kopinitz  Louise Menges  Kathi Mestayer  Phillip Merritt  and Jan Newton; and Felice Bond from the Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists.  Dr. Donna Ware  retired Herbarium Curator  College of William and Mary  has written the Preface; the book was peer-reviewed by Dr. John Hayden  Botanist  University of Richmond; and Bland Crowder  Editor of Flora of Virginia  has done the copy editing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974557593653,"sku":"ByrdShop_1889878413","price":101.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781889878416.jpg?v=1770663912","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wildflowers-grasses-of-virginias-coastal-plain","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}