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- Good reference
- Know Your Flowers By Name
- Still the best, after all these years.
- Un excelente libro de campo
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Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides)
Campbell Loughmiller ,
Lynn Loughmiller , and
Damon Waitt
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For two decades and counting, Texans have relied on
Texas Wildflowers to identify the common and rare flowers we see along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and forests of our state. Compiled by naturalists Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller, with the technical assistance of Lynn Sherrod,
Texas Wildflowers is an authoritative field guide with a personal touch in the many notes the Loughmillers included about the plants they described and photographed.
This new edition of
Texas Wildflowers retains the charm of the Loughmillers' book while emphasizing 61 additional species and bringing the plant taxonomy and nomenclature up to date. Like its predecessor, it includes all the features you need to identify the wildflowers of Texas:
- 381 full-color, close-up photos that show every wildflower in the book, including over 200 photos that are new to this edition.
- 370 species accounts that include the plant's scientific and common names, a description of its appearance, and its range, habitat, and blooming season.
- Descriptions of 73 wildflower families, from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae.
- Indexes to help you identify flowers by their Latin name and common name.
- A guide to taxonomic updates in this edition.
- A map, glossary, illustrated glossary, and bibliography for further reading.
Lady Bird Johnson, author of the first edition's foreword, says of this new edition of Texas Wildflowers, "How delighted I am the University of Texas Press and the Wildflower Center are preserving Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller's legacy by revising and updating this beautiful and invaluable book about Texas wildflowers! Not only does it contain a wealth of knowledge, it also awakens our awareness of the splendor of nature and joyous lift of spirit it brings."
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Not as good as Wildflowers of Texas.......2007-08-01
The biggest problem with this field guide is it's organization and it is much harder to use than the color coded Wildflowers of Texas. The photographs are not as good either.
Good reference.......2007-04-29
This book has good coverage, small pictures next to the text, and reasonable descriptions. However it is arranged by scientific name so it will not be easy to use this to find the name of that pretty little yellow flower by the roadside. Look at "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi for a similar field guide but that is grouped by flower colors.
Know Your Flowers By Name.......2007-04-10
This guide helps Texans (and visitors to Texas) to identify the common and rare flowers seen along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and forests of the state. Also included among the pages are 381 full-color, close up photos and 370 species including a description of its appearance, range, habitat, and blooming season.
Texas is famous for its bluebonnets, and they are a sight to see in the spring! This book shows how many more lovely flowers decorate the state. My favorite is seeing red indian paint accenting a swath of bluebonnets. Stunning.
Get this book to learn the names of all the flowers.
Still the best, after all these years........2002-12-02
I received a copy of "Texas Wildflowers" when I was in middle school, in preparation for a class assignment to collect, identify and preserve a variety of Texas wildflowers. I have held on to my copy for the past 18 years, and it's still the best book for identifying Texas wildlflowers! The photos are superb, and the location and identifying information for each flower is informative and interesting.
My only complaint is the book isn't bound in a weatherproof binding so I can bring it along on my annual wildflower photography visits to Texas locales such as Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park; McKinney Falls State Park; Inks Lake State Park and Burnet, Texas.
Un excelente libro de campo.......2000-10-08
Texas Wildflowers es un excelente libro para el biologo de campo, ya que cuenta con bellas fotografias de los ejemplares revisados en el libro. Es una ayuda para los estudiantes de botanica de Texas y el Noreste de Mexico. Solo le falta un indice por especie y uno por color de flores para su mejor manejo en campo.
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Good Reference for Texas and Louisiana.......2006-06-07
This is a good book on wildflowers, vines, shrubs, trees of Texas and adjoining parts of Louisiana. Pictures are generally very good and are grouped by color and in a section by themselves. Each picture has a number reference and looking up the number gives you plant ID information and a range map. My biggest criticism of the book is that it just doesn't cover enough species - for what it does cover, it is excellent.
More than just a great little field guide...........2001-06-15
I own several field guides to Texas wildflowers, and I find this one to be the best among them. There are books with bigger and better photographs, but none come close to having the nearly 400 color photos this one has. This one also has maps of growing areas for each plant identified and very clear descriptions of each plant. It even has sections on Texas' endangered species and landscaping with native plants.
The book divides the plants into five sections for easy use. The wildflowers are further divided into colors to help find and identify them quickly. The five sections are (1) herbaceous wildflowers, (2) vines, (3) trees and shrubs, (4) cacti, agaves, yuccas and other succulents, and (5) miscellaneous plants, weeds and growths on trees. These are followed by appendices on how to identify common plant families and "plant watching" as a hobby (collecting plants, how to make a plant press and save your specimens, and a sample wildflower documentation sheet). Finally, there are three glossaries and an index.
While some might complain that the plant photographs are not printed with the specimen entries (they are grouped together in the center of the book), this is really quite handy. Each photo is numbered identically with the entries, so matching the photo with the description is really very simple. Indeed, it is quite easy to find the flower by its photo and then look up the corresponding plant description by the photo number.
All in all, this is the only wildflower field guide Texans will need. If you want a desk reference, that's another matter.
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Great field guide.......2007-09-27
My best friend and I have a great time stopping on the sides of roads to "stalk" Texas wildflowers and the book has been very useful. It has great pictures and descriptions that help us catalog our "discoveries".
Color coding is the key to identifying flowers!.......2007-08-01
This book contains excellent photographs and is organized by flower colors for easy reference. It's small size is also a plus in the field. I highly recommend this book to my fellow Texans that love wildflowers regardless of their experience, novice to pro. It includes about a tenth of the over 5000 varieties of wildflowers growing in Texas.
Great book!!.......2007-07-25
i LOVE this book. my dad recently got a deer lease in central texas, and i wanted to be able to identify all of the beautiful wildflowers on the land. this book let me identify every single one! it's organized by flower color so it's easy to use, and has nice big full color photos of every flower.
and a major plus for me is that it has medicinal/folk uses for the flowers/plants, if there are any. and it's great for beginners. it has great in-depth descriptions of the flowers (because some of the flowers look the same as others), and if you don't know what the terms are, there's a glossary of terms and illustrations in the back.
with this book, you'll be an expert in no time!
More than just an identifier.......2006-11-25
I have LOTS of field guides. I take a lot of photos "in the wild," and have a pathological need to identify what's in the picture.
Wildflowers of Texas scores high on several counts:
Color coded entries. While the very best field guide format I've encountered is the Audubon guides, which not only sort entries by color, but also shape, etc. (taxonomic form?), I've found most guides out there sort the flowers by family. True, I'm getting good enough to know a mallow from an aster -- but, really, if I knew what the flower is, why need a guide? So, as far as the Texas specific guides I've encountered go, this one is the first I reach for, because of that first level sort.
The other reason I rate it highly, and reach for it often, are Ajilvsgi's notes about the flower and plant: how it got its name, how it was used historically, and other interesting bits. Being a collector of eclectica, this falls right into my psyche.
The pictures are also very clear and helpful. True, you wander into the yet another yellow composite section and identification gets iffy in a hurry, especially from a picture. But the AYCs give even the pros problems, so I don't feel TOO badly.
Highly recommended (in fact, THIS one was purchased as a gift for a flower-savvy friend of mine). That's pretty high praise, that I would buy it to give away, eh?
Wildflowers Review.......2006-02-18
Good read, excellent pics, is recommended for 7th and 8th grade Science classes. Good price, excellent value!
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This guide, covering 1,505 species of wildflowers, groups flowers by color and plant characteristics for easy matching of pictures with specimens. With descriptions facing the more than 1,500 illustrations, all the information you need can be seen at a glance.
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The handiest pocket guide to flowers of the SW USA.......2006-10-16
According to ecologist Paul R. Ehrlich, "In this century, no one has done more to promote an interest in living creatures than Roger Tory Peterson, the inventor of the modern field guide." Peterson's "Guide to the Birds" - "the first modern field guide" - was published in 1934. Its pioneering approach relied on the use of visual characters rather than technical descriptions to identify species. This was achieved by grouping similar species together on a plate, using clear, two-dimensional illustrations, and pointers to key field marks as well as succinct text, a combination known as the Peterson Identification System. That revolutionary style was later applied to a host of field guides covering anything from the night sky to moths and geology to mushrooms and including the present volume.
"Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers" is Number 31 in the Peterson Field Guide Series, published in 1984 and still in the original edition. The format will, of course, be very familiar to all who have ever held or used a Peterson Field Guide - and to those it will probably be self-recommending. This volume treats 1,505 species found in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. Over 1,500 illustrations are provided, some in colour, but the majority as clear line-drawings. The succinct text for each species is conveniently set opposite the plate depicting the plant.
Clearly this guide cannot and does not attempt to be a comprehensive guide to the flora of the region. However, I have found it to be an indispensable guide on my travels to Texas and Arizona. Personally, I much prefer the concise, densely packed format of the Peterson Field Guides to the newer photographic guides, of which there is now a plethora. However, beginners often seem to prefer the latter. In that case, a handy alternative for Texas might be Tull & Miller's "Wildflowers, Trees and Shrubs of Texas" which treats 600 species or, for Arizona, Epple and Epple's "Plants of Arizona" which covers 850 species.
Not Very Useful For This Novice.......2006-06-07
This book seems to be a Southwestern and Texas version of Newcomb's Wildflower Guide - though the organization is different as this one is organized based on color (with B&W drawings?). Descriptive information is pretty much the same as well as the drawings - the vast majority of which are in black and white - and the color ones don't have enough detail to help much with identification - at least not for this beginner.
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A superb regional guide.......1999-03-04
All field guides should be like this book, which gives details about habitat types and plant communities. For individual plants, the blooming periods are given, along with other information. A winner!
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"Of all the state and regional books on orchids, this is the best that I have read. As attractive as it is educational, this book will stand as the bible of Texas orchids for decades to come."
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From the East Texas swamps and forests to the Edwards Plateau canyons and the Trans-Pecos mountains, Texas hosts a surprising number of native orchids. Their exquisite beauty endears them to everyone from wildflower lovers to professional botanists and conservationists.
This beautifully illustrated book presents all 54 wild orchids of Texas. The species descriptions that accompany Joe Liggio's lovely color photos discuss the plant's flowers, blooming season, pollinators, typical habitats, and range (also shown by map), including its distribution within and beyond Texas. The species are grouped by genus and also listed by color, county, and habitat for easy reference.
In addition to the species accounts, the authors offer a general natural history of Texas orchids that discusses such topics as pollination and reproduction, special growing requirements, and threats to orchids from loss of habitats and careless collecting. They also describe the many orchid habitats in Texas and the species that grow in each. This wide variety of information, which has never before been collected in one volume for a general readership, makes this book the essential guide to Texas' wild orchids.
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You don't have to be a Biologist to use and love this book!.......2006-01-14
These authors really know their stuff! Lots of information to help your chances of actually observing these native beauties in the wild. Conservation is a repeated theme throughout. Texans will be blown away by the incredible photos! I love mine.
Wild Orchids of Texas by Joe Liggio & Ann Orto Liggio.......2000-07-18
This book is clearly a labor of love on the part of the authors, and is one that should be very useful to nature lovers in general, and both amateur and professional orchidologists. The photography is excellent, giving a feel for both the habitat and individual plants and flowers. There is only one very rare species that is not pictured. The index is well done and quite useable. The authors have done a superb job of promoting the cause of orchid conservation -- including such things as "How to Save Our Native Orchids: What You Can Do" on page 5. They have a good general discussion of orchid life cycles, their habitats, mycorhizal associations and pollenators. For those not familiar with Texas the inclusion of a vegetation map and a short description of each major vegetation type is very useful. Orchids are listed by: 1) flower colour, 2) by vegetation/habitat types, and finally species distributions by county are given. One orchid Habenaria quinqueseta does not have a distribution map, but since it was collected over 150 years ago, we shouldn't be too concerned. The only real lack that I have found is that there is no key to the genera and species given. This is an excellent book that every serious orchid species enthusiast should have in their book collection -- if only for the wonderful photography.
Brings the wild orchids of Texas to you.......2000-02-01
The authors, a husband-wife team, combine their specialties to create an exciting experience for the reader. Joe is a biologist and photographer, and Ann is a writer. They have crafted a beautifully executed book. The writing is excellent; the photography is exquisite; the organization is wonderful; and the information is easily digestible for the lay person. The authors have spent years chasing down these delightful and beautiful orchids and now bring their beauty to you. The University of Texas Press has created a book of high quality and beauty with great color photographs. Fifty-four types of orchids are discussed and described in their natural habitats. Each of the regional sections are described and orchids living in each listed. Orchids are listed by flower color, genus and species, and scientific names. One appendix lists species distribution by county. The list of references and index add great value to the book.
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In a state as big as Texas, you might think there'd be lots of wildflowers. And you're right! More than 5,000 different kinds of wildflowers splash their colors across the shady forests, dusty plains, and salty coastline of the Lone Star State. Look carefully and you'll find everything from dainty bluebells to tough Texas thistles, form fragrant rain lilies to tasty meadow beauties, from insect-eating sundew to insect-nurturing ironweed. In Texas Wildflowers you'll discover that even the most common flowering plants have interesting stories to tell. For example, did you know that... Wild indigo has been used to treat typhus, scarlet fever, and other illnesses. Some people think the tuber of the blazing star can cure the effects of a rattlesnake bite. Spider wort is sensitive to radiation and may help warn us about dangerous pollution. Some Indians used the downy seeds of the cattail to make diapers. Learn this and much more in Texas Wildflowers, one of a series of state wildflower guides for children. Other books in the series feature Arizona, California, Minnesota, Montana, and Oregon. With them, you'll learn to appreciate the blossoms that decorate your favorite corner of the world.
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