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Author Brown, Paul Martin.

Title Fringed orchids in your pocket : a guide to native Platanthera species of the continental United States and Canada / Paul Martin Brown
Published [Iowa City, Iowa] : University of Iowa Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource ([14] pages) : color illustrations
Series A Bur Oak guide
Bur Oak guide.
Contents Northern white fringed orchid; Southern white fringed orchid; Monkey-face; Chapman's fringed orchid; Orange fringed orchid; Orange crested orchid; Pale fringed orchid; Eastern prairie fringed orchid; Western prairie fringed orchid; Large purple fringed orchid; Small purple fringed orchid; Shriver's frilly orchid; Green fringed orchid, ragged orchid; Purple fringeless orchid
Summary Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in every state and province. Compiled and illustrated by long-time orchid specialist Paul Martin Brown, this pocket guide to the fringed orchids forms part of a series that will cover all the wild orchids of the continental United States and Canada. Brown provides a description, general distributional information, time of flowering, and habitat requirements for each species as well as a complete list of hybrids and the many diffe
Notes Print version record
Subject Platanthera -- United States -- Guidebooks
Platanthera -- Canada -- Guidebooks
Orchids -- United States -- Guidebooks
Orchids -- Canada -- Guidebooks
NATURE -- Plants -- General.
Orchids
Platanthera
Canada
United States
Genre/Form Guidebooks
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781587298899
1587298899