[PDF] Guide To Texas Grasses eBook

Author : Robert B. Shaw
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 38,53 MB
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1603441867

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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.

Author : Stephan L. Hatch
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,42 MB
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1623493250

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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.

Author : Brian Loflin
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 2006-04-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1585444677

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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

Author : J. H. Everitt
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 24,48 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780896724006

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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.

Author : J. H. Everitt
Publisher : Grover E. Murray Studies in th
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780896726680

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"Field guide to grasses of the South Texas Plains and adjacent Gulf prairies and marshes; includes detailed keys, descriptions, and color photographs. A reference for grass identification in Texas, the southwestern United States, and northern Mexico"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Frank W. Gould
Publisher : Texas A & M University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780890960585

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Identifies one hundred and fifty species of grasses commonly found in Texas, with drawings and botanical descriptions of each grass

Author : Charles R. Hart
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 23,3 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780972104944

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More than one hundred million acres of Texas land are either native rangeland or permanent pasture, but most of this land is infested with unwanted weed and brush species that compete with desirable forage plants. With this book at their fingertips, landowners and rangeland managers now can easily identify the brush and weeds posing greatest concern in their area. This easy-to-use field guide includes plant descriptions, identifying characteristics, geographic distribution, and habitat descriptions, along with range maps and multiple color photos for each species.

Author : Frank W. Gould
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781585440061

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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.

Author : Frank W. Gould
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 18,84 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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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.

Author : James Stubbendieck
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 162349477X

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A vast swath of prairie situated between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, the North American Great Plains extend across ten states in the United States and three provinces in Canada. The dominant vegetation is grass—both the native species that have long thrived here and the cultivated crops such as corn, wheat, and sorghum that are the result of human agricultural activity. This comprehensive guide, written by three grass specialists, is an invaluable tool for identification of the approximately 450 species of grasses that occur on the Great Plains. In each description, the authors cover distribution, habitat, forage value, and toxicity and include a detailed black-and-white illustration of the grass as well as a range map. Intended as a reference for landowners, rangeland specialists, students, state and federal agency professionals, and nongovernment conservation organizations, Grasses of the Great Plains will serve a wide audience of users involved in and dedicated to grassland management.