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Common plants of the mid-Atlantic coast : a field guide / Gene M. Silberhorn ; illustrations by Mary Warinner and Kent Forrest.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1999.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xiii, 294 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801860806 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 9780801860805 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 0801860814 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9780801860812 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK122 .S55 1999
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Contents:
Plants of the Beach, Dunes, and Maritime Forest -- American beach grass Ammophila breviligulata Fern -- Sea oats Uniola paniculata L. -- Seaside goldenrod Solidago sempervirens L. -- Dusty miller Artemisia stelleriana Besser -- Short dune grass Panicum amarum Ell -- Sea rocket Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker -- Seaside spurge Euphorbia polygonifolia L. -- Russian thistle Salsola kali L. -- Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium L. -- Sand bur Cenchrus tribuloides L. -- Switch grass Panicum virgatum L. -- Dune bean Strophyostyles helvola (L). Ell -- Prickly pear cactus Opuntia compressa (Salisb.) Macbr -- Pinweed Lechea maritima Leggett -- Beach sandwort Arenaria lanuginosa (Michaux) Rohrback -- Beach heather Hudsonia tomentosa Nuttall -- Three-awn grass Aristida tuberculosa Nuttall -- Mexican tea Chenopodium ambrosiodes L. -- Yucca Yucca filamentosa L. -- Croton Croton punctatus Jacquin -- Beach pea Lathyrus maritimus (L.) Bigel -- Dwarf palmetto Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon -- Seaside primrose Oenothera humifusa Nuttall -- Beach plum Prunus maritima Marsh -- Yaupon Ilex vomitoria Aiton -- Pitch pine Pinus rigida Mill -- Loblolly pine Pinus taeda L. -- American holly Ilex opaca Aiton -- Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica Loisel -- Wax myrtle Myrica cerifera L. -- Sassafras Sassafras albidum (Nuttall) Nees -- Red bay Persea borbonia (L.) Sprengel -- Wild black cherry Prunus serotina Ehrhart -- Live oak Quercus virginiana Miller -- Red cedar Juniperus virginiana L. -- Plants of Salt and Brackish Marshes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-290) and index.

Plants of the Beach, Dunes, and Maritime Forest -- American beach grass Ammophila breviligulata Fern -- Sea oats Uniola paniculata L. -- Seaside goldenrod Solidago sempervirens L. -- Dusty miller Artemisia stelleriana Besser -- Short dune grass Panicum amarum Ell -- Sea rocket Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker -- Seaside spurge Euphorbia polygonifolia L. -- Russian thistle Salsola kali L. -- Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium L. -- Sand bur Cenchrus tribuloides L. -- Switch grass Panicum virgatum L. -- Dune bean Strophyostyles helvola (L). Ell -- Prickly pear cactus Opuntia compressa (Salisb.) Macbr -- Pinweed Lechea maritima Leggett -- Beach sandwort Arenaria lanuginosa (Michaux) Rohrback -- Beach heather Hudsonia tomentosa Nuttall -- Three-awn grass Aristida tuberculosa Nuttall -- Mexican tea Chenopodium ambrosiodes L. -- Yucca Yucca filamentosa L. -- Croton Croton punctatus Jacquin -- Beach pea Lathyrus maritimus (L.) Bigel -- Dwarf palmetto Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon -- Seaside primrose Oenothera humifusa Nuttall -- Beach plum Prunus maritima Marsh -- Yaupon Ilex vomitoria Aiton -- Pitch pine Pinus rigida Mill -- Loblolly pine Pinus taeda L. -- American holly Ilex opaca Aiton -- Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica Loisel -- Wax myrtle Myrica cerifera L. -- Sassafras Sassafras albidum (Nuttall) Nees -- Red bay Persea borbonia (L.) Sprengel -- Wild black cherry Prunus serotina Ehrhart -- Live oak Quercus virginiana Miller -- Red cedar Juniperus virginiana L. -- Plants of Salt and Brackish Marshes.