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Books Our Botanists Use

Midwest

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A Great Lakes Wetland Flora. 2002. Steve Chadde. Pocket Flora Press.

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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America Volumes 1 & 2. 2006. Garrett E. Crow and C. Barre Hellquist. University of Wisconsin Press.

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Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Peterson Field Guide. 1998. George A. Petrides. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Field Guide to Ferns and their Related Families of Northeastern and Central North America: Peterson Field Guide. 2005. B. Cobb, E. Farnsworth and C. Lowe. .Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North America. Peterson Field Guide. 1998. Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex. 2008. Andrew Hipp. University of Wisconsin Press.

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Field Manual of Michigan Flora. 2012. Edward G. Voss and Anton A. Reznicek. The University of Michigan Press. 990 pages.

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Flora of North America North of Mexico [online]. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. 16+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 1, 1993; vol. 2, 1993; vol. 3, 1997; vol. 4, 2003; vol. 5, 2005; vol. 7, 2010; vol. 8, 2009; vol. 19, 2006; vol. 20, 2006; vol. 21, 2006; vol. 22, 2000; vol. 23, 2002; vol. 24, 2007; vol. 25, 2003; vol. 26, 2002; vol. 27, 2007. Flora of North America website.

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Gleason's Plants of Michigan. 1998. Rabeler, R.K. Oakleaf Press, Ann Arbor, MI. 398 pp.

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Illustrated Companion to Gleason and Cronquist’s Manual: Illustrations of the Vascular Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Noel H. Holmgren. New York Botanical Garden.

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Lichens of the North Woods (North Woods Naturalist Series). 2007. Joe Walewski. Kollath-Stenass Publishing.

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Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. 1991. Henry A. Gleason and Arthur Cronquist. New York Botanical Garden.

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Michigan Lichens. 1996. J.J. Medlin. Cranbrook Institute of Sciences.

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Michigan Flora. (3 volumes) 1972, 1985, & 1996. Edward G. Voss. Cranbrook Institute of Science.

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Michigan Trees Revised and Updated: A Guide to the Trees of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. 2004. Burton Barnes and Warren H. Wagner Jr. University of Michigan Press.

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Missouri Wildflowers. 2008. E. Denison. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, Missouri.

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Orchids of the Western Great Lakes Region. 1987. Frederick W. Case. Cranbook Institute of Science.

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Plant Identification Terminology. 2001. James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris. Spring Lake Publishing.

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Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use. 2012. Sally S. Weeks and Harmon P. Weeks, Jr. Purdue University Press.

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Shrubs and Woody Vines of Missouri. 1997. Don Kurz. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, Missouri.

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Steyermark’s Flora of Missouri. Volume 1. 1999. George Yaskievych. Missouri Botanical Garden Press.

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Steyermark’s Flora of Missouri. Volume 2. 1999. George Yaskievych. Missouri Botanical Garden Press.

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Through the Looking Glass: A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants. 1997. Borman, S., R. Korth, and J. Temte. Wisconsin Lakes Parternership, DNR Publication # FH-207-97. Stevens Point, WI. 248 pp.

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Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota. 2008. Welby R. Smith. University of Minnesota Press.

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Trees of Michigan: Including Tall Shrubs. 2006. Linda Kershaw. Lone Pine Publishing.

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Trees of Missouri. 2005. Don Kurz. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, Missouri

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Trilliums. 1997. Frederick W. Case and Roberta B. Case. Timber Press.

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Wild Plants in Flower - Wetlands and Quiet Waters of the Midwest. 2005. Torkel Korling, Anne M. Petty, Diane Korling.

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Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests: A Field Guide. 2012. Michael M Homoya. Indiana University Press.

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Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region. 2nd edition. 2009. Black, M.R. and E.J. Judziewicz. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI. 275 pp.

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