"Information about wildflowers for children"--

Provides a beginners guide to identifying wildflowers, and contains descriptions and drawings of more than one hundred wildflowers from across the United States.

Presents a detailed description of more than thirty-five wildflower species of the Northeast, describing their colors, habitats, range, pollination, history, cultural lore, medicinal uses, and literary and artistic references.

Ecological approach to natural history provides complete descriptions of 80 common wetland plants.

Armed with this new guide, which carries the official endorsement of The Garden Club of America, an amateur wildflower sleuth can quickly and accurately identify even the most enigmatic floral suspect. Lawrence Newcomb's ingenious system of identification is based on natural structural features that are easily visible to the untrained eye. Everytime you see an unknown plant, you ask the same five questions (related to the type of plant and the structure...