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Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands (Bur Oak Guide)

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This classic of midwestern natural history is back in print with a new format and new photographs. Firstly published in 1979, Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands introduced many naturalists to the beauty and diversity of the native plants of the wooded communities that once covered more than 6 million acres of the state. Now redesigned with up to date names and all-new images, this reliable field companion will introduce woodland wildflowers to a new generation of out of doors enthusiasts in the Upper Midwest.

The species accounts are accompanied by brilliant full-page color photographs by Larry Stone, Thomas Rosburg, and Carl Kurtz. In clear, straightforward, and accessible prose, authors Sylvan Runkel and Alvin Bull provide common, scientific, and circle of relatives names; the Latin or Greek meaning of the scientific names; habitat and blooming times; and a whole description of plant, flower, and fruit. Particularly interesting is the information at the many ways through which Native Americans and early pioneers used these plants for the whole lot from pain relief to insecticides to tonics.

Iowa’s original savannas, woodlands, and forests were cleared with amazing thoroughness, yet enough beauty and diversity remain to give joy to hikers, birders, and mushroomers. Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands will inspire both amateurs and professionals with the desire to be informed more about the wonders of nowadays’s woodlands.

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