Guide to Texas Grasses
Title | Guide to Texas Grasses PDF eBook |
Author | Robert B. Shaw |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 1098 |
Release | 2012-06-21 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1603441867 |
In this new, complete Guide to Texas Grasses, Robert B. Shaw and the team at the Texas A&M University Institute of Renewable Natural Resources provide an indispensable reference to the world’s most economically important plant family. After discussing the impact of grass on our everyday lives as food, biofuels, land restoration, erosion control, and water become ever more urgent issues worldwide—the book then provides:a description of the structure of the grass plant;details of the classification and distribution of Texas grasses;brief species accounts;distributional maps;color photographs;plus black-and-white drawings of 670 grass species—native, introduced, and ornamental. Scientific keys help identify the grasses to group, genera, and species, and an alphabetized checklist includes information on: origin (native or introduced); longevity (annual or perennial);growth season (cool or warm season); endangered status;and occurrence (by ecological zone). A glossary, literature citations, and a quick index to genera round out the book. Guide to Texas Grasses is a comprehensive treatment of Texas grasses meant to assist students, botanists, ecologists, agronomists, range scientists, naturalists, researchers, extension agents, and others who work with or are interested in these important plants.
The Grasses of Texas
Title | The Grasses of Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Frank W. Gould |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781585440061 |
With 523 species of native, introduced, and adventive grasses, Texas has by far the most diverse grass flora of any of the fifty states. Gould's full and systematic treatment of Texas grasses is the definitive guide to this vast and complex subject. Over the past few decades, research in grass anatomy, cytology, reproduction, distribution, and ecological relationships, together with better international communication among the grassland-oriented nations, has brought many changes in the accepted names of U.S. grass species. Dr. Gould's classification of Texas grasses reflects both modern advances in the understanding of phylogenetic relationships and the current decline of provincialism in the selection of grass names. Presented here are keys to and botanical descriptions of all grasses in Texas that grow regularly or occasionally out of cultivation. Supplementing the botanical descriptions are 328 line drawings, including a map of Texas' ten vegetational areas, and three photographs. Also included are a listing of the subfamilies, tribes, genera, and species of Texas grasses, an introductory review of the parts of the grass plant, a glossary of botanical terms, a listing of references cited, and an index to both scientific and common plant names. The book is intended to serve both the professional botanist and researcher and the rancher or naturalist with little or no special training in plant classification.
Grasses of the Texas Hill Country
Title | Grasses of the Texas Hill Country PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Loflin |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2006-04-04 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1585444677 |
This photographic guide to grasses gives all who have been frustrated trying to identify these difficult plants an easy-to-use, visually precise, and information-packed field guide to seventy-seven native and introduced species that grow in the Texas Hill Country and beyond. With a blade of grass in hand, open this book and find: Handy thumb guides to seedhead type, the most visible distinguishing characteristic to begin identification. Color photographs of stands of grasses and detailed close-ups. Concise information about economic uses, habitat, range, and flowering season. Quick-reference icons for native status, toxicity, growing season, and grazing response
The Grasses of Texas
Title | The Grasses of Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Frank W. Gould |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 670 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
With 523 species of native, introduced, and adventive grasses, Texas has by far the most diverse grass flora of any of the fifty states. Gould's full and systematic treatment of Texas grasses is the definitive guide to this vast and complex subject.
Field Guide to Common Texas Grasses
Title | Field Guide to Common Texas Grasses PDF eBook |
Author | Stephan L. Hatch |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2016-02-25 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1623493250 |
Covering 172 species of the most significant common grasses growing in Texas, this complete update of the now-classic Common Texas Grasses: An Illustrated Guide contains range maps and color images of the inflorescences and spikelets of each species along with the detailed, black-and-white illustrations found in the original volume. Identifying descriptive text, keys to genera and species, a checklist, and a glossary round out this standard field reference for botanists, students, and naturalists.
Common Texas Grasses
Title | Common Texas Grasses PDF eBook |
Author | Frank W. Gould |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
A ready reference to the 150 most familiar and important species of grasses that grow in the state of Texas. Each species of grass is illustrated by a line drawing and given a botanical description.
Field Guide to the Broad-leaved Herbaceous Plants of South Texas
Title | Field Guide to the Broad-leaved Herbaceous Plants of South Texas PDF eBook |
Author | J. H. Everitt |
Publisher | Texas Tech University Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780896724006 |
Profiles 185 broad-leaved herbaceous plants in Texas, focusing on southern Texas, that are useful to landowners, providing color photos, comments, and details on their stems, leaves, and other anatomical parts, inflorescence, and fruit. Includes a bibliography and a glossary.