Review of Field Guide to Wildflowers of Nebraska and the Great Plains, Roadside Wildflowers of the Southern Great Plains, Wildflowers of the Northern Great Plains, and Wildflowers of the TaUgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest.

Authors

Kathleen H. Keeler, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1992

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly 12:4 (Fall 1992). Copyright © 1992 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

These four flower books represent a blossoming of attractive popular books describing prairie plants. Each of these four books has a slightly different goal. In terms of area covered, Farrar focuses on Nebraska, Vance, Jowsey and Mclean consider plants of the northern Great Plains, Freeman and Schofield aim at roadside wildflowers of the southern Plains, and Runkel and Roosa on wildflowers of the northern tallgrass prairie. The types of plants included vary also. Farrar includes both common and rare Nebraska wildflowers but no shrubs or trees, Vance et al. include common native wildflowers, visible introduced species, and some woody plants. Free. man and Schofield stick to showy herbs. Runke and Roosa include flowering herbs, but also grasses. All four include conspicuous introduced plants such as poison hemlock and mullein.