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Author Gargiullo, Margaret B., 1942-2019

Title A field guide to plants of Costa Rica / Margaret B. Gargiullo ; with photographs by Barbara L. Magnuson & Larry D. Kimball
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xlviii, 494 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color)
Contents PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; DISTRIBUTION AND "COMMONNESS" OF PLANTS; LIMITATIONS OF THIS GUIDE; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; ILLUSTRATED PLANT TERMS; PALMS AND PALMLIKE PLANTS; TALL TREES; SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES; WOODY VINES (LIANAS); HERBACEOUS VINES; HERBS; GRASSES AND SEDGES; FERNS AND OTHER SEEDLESS PLANTS; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference guide for beginner and expert naturalists alike. It provides a thorough survey of more than 850 plant species, each entry accompanied by color photos and a concise yet detailed narrative description. Plants are conveniently grouped by the different types of vegetation: palms, tall trees, shrubs, wood
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-478) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Plants -- Costa Rica -- Identification
Plants -- Costa Rica -- Pictorial works
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
Plants
Costa Rica
Genre/Form Field guides
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
Author Magnuson, Barbara L., 1952-
Kimball, Larry D., 1946-
ISBN 0198040679
9780198040675
9780199720033
0199720037
1281162698
9781281162694