Great Plains Studies, Center for

 

Date of this Version

Spring 2011

Citation

Great Plains Research Vol. 21 No.1, 2011

Comments

© 2011 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Abstract

This book will please both practitioners of prairie restoration and more general prairie enthusiasts. It includes 72 grass and forb species, and the focus is clearly on species often found in tallgrass prairie plantings in the upper Midwest. The grasses and forbs are presented separately here, and for each group a morphological key is provided to divide the species into "Key Characteristic Groups." Because these groups are based on morphological similarity, species within a group are often-but not always-closely related.

Short and highly portable, the book covers the most common species in plantings. The only thing that would have delighted me more would have been having this type of information on even more species. Overall, this is an excellent resource, and one I look forward to using often.

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