Weeds of the Midwestern United States and Central Canada
- ISBN13: 9780820335063
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Weeds threaten the safe, efficient, and sustainable production of food, feed, fiber, and biofuel throughout the world. Featuring more than fourteen hundred full-color photographs, this handy guide provides essential information on more than 350 of the most troublesome weedy and invasive plants found in the midwestern United States and central Canada.
Drawing on the expertise of more than forty weed scientists and botanists, the guide identifies each plant at various stages of its life and offers useful details about its origin, habitat, morphology, biology, distribution, and toxic properties. The book also includes illustrations of the most common characteristics of plants and terms used to describe them, a key to plant families included in the book, a glossary of frequently used terms, a bibliography, and indexes of scientific and common plant names.
This is an essential guide for agronomists, crop and soil scientists, horticulturists, botanists, Cooperative Extension Service agents, farmers, gardeners, students in agriculture and biology, lawn care professionals, green industry professionals, nursery owners, government quarantine workers, and land preservationists.
Each species account includes:
Drawing on the expertise of more than forty weed scientists and botanists, the guide identifies each plant at various stages of its life and offers useful details about its origin, habitat, morphology, biology, distribution, and toxic properties. The book also includes illustrations of the most common characteristics of plants and terms used to describe them, a key to plant families included in the book, a glossary of frequently used terms, a bibliography, and indexes of scientific and common plant names.
This is an essential guide for agronomists, crop and soil scientists, horticulturists, botanists, Cooperative Extension Service agents, farmers, gardeners, students in agriculture and biology, lawn care professionals, green industry professionals, nursery owners, government quarantine workers, and land preservationists.
Each species account includes:
- Up to four full-color photographs showing seed, seedling, plant, flower, and other unique plant features
- Distribution map
- For grasses, a line drawing of the collar, where the leaf joins the stem, an important identifying characteristic
- Scientific names, common names, and local synonyms of common names
- Vegetative characteristics for seedlings and leaves
- Special identifying characteristics
- Reproductive characteristics
- Toxic properties
States and provinces covered:
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas (northeastern)
- Kentucky (northern)
- Manitoba (southern half)
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri (upper half)
- Nebraska (eastern)
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario (southern half)
- Quebec (southwestern corner)
- Saskatchewan (southeastern)
- South Dakota (eastern half)
- Wisconsin
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Review by Bob from the Midwest for Weeds of the Midwestern United States and Central Canada
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I agree everything said above plus it show pictures of the whole plant, close of leaves, flowers, seeds & sprouts. It shows in drawings the different structures & explains terms. If you have any interest in the plants of the area, either to ID as wildflowers, garden weeds or any other reason, then this book is a must have.
Posted on October 7th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Review by The Weed Guy for Weeds of the Midwestern United States and Central Canada
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Two thirds of the content of this book is recycled from the error ridden Weeds of the South by the same authors. The numerous mis-identifications and many instances of mis-information are compounded by the fact that the authors chose to use a very technical style in their descriptions, thus requiring a glossary of over 400 technical terms, of which the authors demonstrate a repeated lack of understanding. The only valid purpose of this and the previous Weeds of the South publication, is as a tool to extract funds from the many chemical companies that funded the publications.
Posted on October 7th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Review by RT for Weeds of the Midwestern United States and Central Canada
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Ordered Free Shipping and the Book arrived the very next day! BRAND NEW AND NO PROBLEMS AT ALL! The four stars is given based upon the content and organization of the book. ‘Weeds of the Northeast’ is a much better in the field ID Guide. This book is better as a text. The help with ID’ing weeds is severely lacking.
Posted on October 8th, 2010 at 12:15 am
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