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Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103209)
Date: 1969Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This check list is an alphabetical index listing all the vascular plants that have been found growing wild in the Chicago area--in other words, a list of those plants which constitute the local flora. It is arranged for quick reference like a dictionary or encyclopedia so that plants may be looked up by either their scientific names or their common names. It attempts to supply the following kinds of information about each plant listed:
Other scientific names by which the plant is known in the manuals commonly used by Chicago area botanists.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
It discusses in some cases current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant--either classification or nomenclature or both.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
It discusses in some cases current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant--either classification or nomenclature or both.
Extent: xxii, 445 p.
Variation in Amelanchier (Rosaceae) and Centaurium (Gentianaceae) (3.57498)
Date: 1967Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Dodecatheon (Primulaceae) in Caddo Canyons (3.57499)
Date: 1967Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article