Field Guide To Wild Flowers Of South Africa Lesotho And Swaziland

Download or read book Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland written by John C. Manning and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes some 1,200 of southern Africa's diverse and beautiful wild flowers, highlighting the most conspicuous and those most likely to be encountered.

Download or read book Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa written by John Manning and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Guide to Wildflowers of South Africa describes more than 1 100 of the shrubs and herbs of the region, highlighting the most conspicuous species and those most likely to be encountered across the country. The emphasis is on identifying plants progressively to family, genus and species level: a novel identification aid and easy-to-use keys guide users to the correct family and genus, while individual species descriptions, accompanied by a clear photograph, distribution map and an indication of flowering season, help them to pinpoint the plant. By using the guide, wild-flower enthusiasts at all levels will now be able to accurately identify plants in any part of South africa.

Download or read book Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa written by John Manning and published by Field Guides. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa's varied landscape is home to some 19,000 shrubs and herbs, a large number of which bear flowers of intricate and often stunning beauty. This field guide covers more than 1,100 species, focusing on the most common, conspicuous and 'showy' plants of the region. It offers easy-to-use keys for identifying plant families, species descriptions with vivid photographs, distribution maps and indication of flowering season. It will enable flower enthusiasts to accurately identify flowering plants encountered across South Africa.

Download or read book Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa written by Braam van Wyk and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 2943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensively updated and expanded edition of the region’s best-selling field guide to trees offers much, much more than the highly successful first edition. Fully updated text (including additional species entries) and distribution maps, numerous new photographs and a new 87-page section of full-tree photographs makes this well-loved guide even more indispensable in the field. Southern Africa has a rich variety of tree species, with an estimated 2 100 indigenous species and more than 100 naturalised aliens. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa describes and illustrates more than 1 000 of these, focusing on trees that are the most common and most likely to be encountered. Species are logically arranged in 43 groups based on easy-to-observe leaf and stem features, and each account is illustrated by full-colour photographs of the plant’s diagnostic parts. The text also touches on the practical uses of the plants.

Download or read book A Field Guide to Wild Flowers written by Elsa Pooley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Wildlife of Southern Africa written by Vincent Carruthers and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 1866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted fi eld companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for most groups. The chapters are colour-coded for easy reference, and diagnostic features appear in bold type within the descriptions. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field. All the main plant and animal groups are covered: Lower invertebrates, Spiders and other arachnids, Insects, Freshwater fishes, Frogs, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Grasses, sedges, ferns and fungi, Wild flowers, Trees

Download or read book Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld written by Braam Van Wyk and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This field guide focuses on the wild flowers of the Highveld and surrounding areas. Designed as a practical identification handbook, it aims to help nature-lovers in the field identify the various wild flowers they encounter. The 763 species described in this book are divided into six colour groups, so that colour is the first clue to the flower's identity. Within the colour group the species are organized into families, each defined by its diagnostic characters. Flowers occurring in more than one colour group can be found in each relevant group.