Wildflowers of the Snow Country : a field guide to the Australian Alps / Ian Fraser & Margaret McJannett ; watercolours by Helen Fitzgerald.

By:

Fraser, Ian, 1951-

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextCanberra : Vertego Press, 1998Description: xv, 170 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0646352601

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

582.130994 20

Contents:

About the Snow Country -- About the book -- Basic flower types: general, daisy; orchid, pea -- Mostly white or cream flowers -- Mostly yellow flowers -- Mostly blue, mauve or purple flowers -- Mostly red or pink flowers -- Mostly green, brown or inconspicuous flowers -- Index.

Summary: "Wildflowers of the Snow Country" is a comprehensive field guide to the wildflowers of the mainland Australian Alps. It provides an accessible means of identification, for lay-people, or virtually every native species to be found in the Snow Country - from the Alpine Ash forests up to the true alpine zone. It covers the wildflowers of the Snow Country of Namadgi, Kosciuszko, Victoria's Alpine and Mount Buffalo National Parks, relying on field characters such as flower colour, petal number and plant dimensions. It includes name pronunciation and meaning, relationships, how to distinguish from similar species, and contains ecological, conservation and human usage information. It uses the most up-to-date taxonomy.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	State Botanical Collection	RBG	581.994 FLO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		LRBM00222589

Includes index.

"Wildflowers of the Snow Country" is a comprehensive field guide to the wildflowers of the mainland Australian Alps. It provides an accessible means of identification, for lay-people, or virtually every native species to be found in the Snow Country - from the Alpine Ash forests up to the true alpine zone. It covers the wildflowers of the Snow Country of Namadgi, Kosciuszko, Victoria's Alpine and Mount Buffalo National Parks, relying on field characters such as flower colour, petal number and plant dimensions. It includes name pronunciation and meaning, relationships, how to distinguish from similar species, and contains ecological, conservation and human usage information. It uses the most up-to-date taxonomy.