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Grasses: An Identification Guide (Sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute) Paperback – April 30, 1992

Name: Grasses: An Identification Guide (Sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute): Brown, Lauren: 9780395628812: Amazon.com: Books
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How to identify 135 of the most common species of North American grasses, sedges, and rushes, with their economic and ecological importance.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Reprint edition (April 30, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0395628814
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395628812
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches

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Customers find this book to be a great grass identification guide, with one noting it provides non-technical criteria for species identification. The species descriptions receive positive feedback, with one customer mentioning it covers 135 species using plant parts. However, the illustrations receive negative feedback, with several customers describing them as poor.

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Customers find this book to be a great guide for identifying grasses, with one customer noting that it provides non-technical criteria and is not too overwhelming to key out species.

"...different stages of the life cycle, there is an identification guide in the beginning of the book,and a glossery of terms in the back...." Read more

"...It has good descriptions, but the images aren't too great." Read more

"best grasses/rushes book so far. Good for field work. Very helpful for identifying wetland grasses, rushes, etc etc etc etc" Read more

"I am increasingly fascinated by grasses especially when allowed to grow to maturity. Beautiful...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the species descriptions in the guide, with one mentioning it covers 135 species using plant parts, while another notes the large section of species descriptions and illustrations.

"...It does have a large "Species Descriptions and Illustrations" section where some of the descriptions can be too brief and most of the illustrations..." Read more

"...This book describes 135 species using parts of the plant that are easy to identify...." Read more

"Decent guide for most common species. It definitely has come in handy in the field." Read more

"...covers grasses of a portion of the U.S., but it does a good job of listing many types." Read more

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Customers have mixed opinions about the illustrations in the guide, with several finding them poor.

"...It has good descriptions, but the images aren't too great." Read more

"...where some of the descriptions can be too brief and most of the illustrations are lacking...." Read more

"This is a very nice, simple identification book. I very much appreciate the drawings, every grass has at least one page with drawings sometimes of..." Read more

"...Unfortunately, no color photographs grace these pages...." Read more

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rural girl
great grass identification book
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2009
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This is a very nice, simple identification book. I very much appreciate the drawings, every grass has at least one page with drawings sometimes of different stages of the life cycle, there is an identification guide in the beginning of the book,and a glossery of terms in the back. I am a beginning grass identifier; this is my first grass identification book and I think it is a terrific choice.

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cwitifa
Good field book
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2012
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I got this book when I got sent out to OK to do a large delineation. I am not great with grasses so I decided to try out this book. It has good descriptions, but the images aren't too great.

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Judith Haemmerle
It's a dichotomous key
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2024
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I expected more of an illustrated guide, but this is actually a dichotomous key. Well done, but a lot more work than thumbing through pictures. So I'm disappointed, but I have to respect that it's a really good key.

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mary cherek
Grasses: An Identification Guide
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2012
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This book is just what I was looking for, excellent "instructions" for use by the author, set up so that the confusing issues are recognized and addressed - and a very convenient size for carrying out to the field for work. I'm so happy to have found it!

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LKB
Northeastern US only
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024
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This book pertains to northeastern species only. It is hard to tell in the listing. You need to read the back cover or find the map inside the book. Otherwise the cover and the listing states it is a guide to North American grasses,msedges and rushes. Not so. It is hard for me to rate this book since I neither live or work in the northeastern US,but it is well rated by most reviewers.

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LACEITUP
great book
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2014
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best grasses/rushes book so far. Good for field work. Very helpful for identifying wetland grasses, rushes, etc etc etc etc

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Beautiful. Who sees these wonderful plants as remarkable as ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2015
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I am increasingly fascinated by grasses especially when allowed to grow to maturity. Beautiful. Who sees these wonderful plants as remarkable as they are. Grateful for Lauren Brown for spending her time on earth developing this handy ID book. Love it.

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Randy J. Mercurio
Great starting point!
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2009
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This book has a very brief identification section that will not be complete for the amature. Grasses covered exist in the northeastern U.S. but not in alpine habitats. It does have a large "Species Descriptions and Illustrations" section where some of the descriptions can be too brief and most of the illustrations are lacking. Each species account has a common name, scientific name (may only be to genus), family, brief defining characteristics, flowering period, habitat, and may contain some general notes, which may include information about some species that it could be confused with. Has a very short glossary (next to useless) but has a nice "Habitat Key" that contains lists of common grasses found in certain habitats. A short list of species found during certain flowering times. The chapter entitled "If you do not find something in this book" has some recommended books and also has more glossary terms for the flowers, fruits, leaves and stems, which includes some general labeled diagrams for the grasses, rushes and sedges.

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