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A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (Southern Gateways Guides)

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Featuring over 600 wildflowers, flowering shrubs, and vines, this user-friendly field guide is the primary to concentrate on the rare, fragile lands and species of the Sandhills region of the Carolinas and Georgia. Characterized by longleaf pine forests, rolling hills, abundant blackwater streams, a couple of major rivers, and porous sandy soils, the Sandhills region stretches from Fayetteville, North Carolina, southwest to Columbus, Georgia, and represents the farthest advance of the Atlantic Ocean some 2 million years ago.

Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region is arranged by habitat, with color tabs to facilitate easy browsing of the nine different natural communities whose plants are described here. Bruce A. Sorrie, a botanist with over 30 years of experience, includes common plants, region-specific endemics, and local rarities, each and every with its own species description, and over 540 color photos for simple identification. The sphere guide’s opening section includes an introduction to the Sandhills region’s geology, soil types, and special relationship to fireplace ecology; an overview of rare species and present conservation efforts; a word list and key to flower and leaf structures; and a listing of gardens, preserves, and parklands within the Sandhills region and nearby where wildflowers can also be seen and appreciated. Wildflower enthusiasts and professional naturalists alike will find this comprehensive guide extremely useful.

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