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9781606350430

Botanical Essays from Kent

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    9781606350430

  • ISBN10:

    1606350439

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-09-01
  • Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr
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With personal narratives based on fifty years of experience, the author provides fascinating botanical tales on the study and conservation of Ohio flora, the Herrick Magnolia Garden, the work of other local botanists, the protection of rare species and unique areas such as Kent's tamarack bog, the discovery of lost plants, the survival of a famous cultivated tree, and the invasiveness of alien plant species.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introductionp. 1
The Local Florap. 5
On the Flora of Ohiop. 6
The Floristic Botanistsp. 13
The Study and Conservation of the Ohio Florap. 13
The Herbariump. 21
Building a Regional Herbariump. 23
A Colleaguep. 29
The Work of a Twentieth-Century Kent Botanistp. 30
The Campus Plants and Gardensp. 37
The Herrick Magnolia Gardensp. 39
A Specimen Treep. 47
American Holly, George Washington, and 'Beautiful Ohio'p. 48
The Bogp. 53
Kent Bog State Nature Preservep. 54
A Walk around the Bogp. 63
The Seasons at the Kent Bog State Nature Preservep. 64
Afterwordp. 73
Notesp. 75
Index to Plant Namesp. 81
Indexp. 85
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