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Trees, Shrubs, and Vines of the Texas Hill Country by Jan Wrede PDF

release year2005
file size0.48 MB
languageEnglish

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2460 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(4) JanWrhoi- 2005 Trees,Shrubs,andVinesoftheTexasHillCountry.(ISBN1- 58544-426-X,pbk.).LouiseLindseyMerickNaturalEnvironmentseries; no.39.TexasA&MUniversityPress,JohnH.LindseyBldg.,LewisSt.4354 TAMU,CollegeStation,TX77843-4354,U.S.A.(Orders:[email protected], http://www.tamu.edu/upress,800-826-8911).$23.00hbk.,246pp.,color photos,index,53/4"x81/2". Eachoi[lbspeciesisillustratedbyatleastonecolorphotograph.Ashortmorphologicaldescri|5tion isprovidedforeachspecieswithabrieicommentaryonaspectsolitsbiology,growthcharacteris- tics,anduses(lorlandscapeandtorwildlileforageandhabitat).Withingymnosperms,dicots,and monocotsthespeciesarearrangedalphabeticallybyiamily,genus,andspecies,onespeciesperpage. Thefirstone-littholthebookincludesnicelywrittensectionsonredcedarmanagement,healthy streams,bcneiitsolnativespecies,landscapingwithwoodyplants,andinvasivespecies.Attheend areappendiceswithinlormationonnativeplantnurseriesanddemonstrationgardensandother resourceslornativeplants.Amulti-pagechartgives"colororaroma,""season,""potentialheight," "sitepreference,"and"wildlifeuses"forfl7nativespecies.Thebooksurelywillquicklybeinthe handsolmanyresidentsofcentralTexasandwillbemuchusedandvalued.Itpotentiallyprovides agreatFosrerivdiecnetitloiwcaatridonIloilllCwoouondtyryplcanotnss,erWvraetidoens.bookisthesuccessorolDanielLynch'sNative& NdtutdlizcdWoodyPlantsofAusIin&thcHillCounIry(1981)andcouldhavesupplantedit.Surpris- ingly,though,thenewerbookdocsnotincludealargesetofFiillCountryspeciestreatedandillus- tratedintheearlierone:Agfratiuli(Eupatonum)haviincnsts,Ainpdops\saihoica.Ampdopsiscoidaia, Andrachncphyllanthoides,Bcrchemiascandem,BcrnardiamyncijoUa,Buddlcjaraccmosa,Castda tcxanaX-atalpaipcciosa.Ephedraantisyphyllitica.t'lcmcahca.Fraxinuspcnnsyl\'anica,Galphim]a (ThryalUs)ani^uslijoUa,Juliansni^ia,Li^ustrumsincnsc,K'limosabiuncijcra,Nicotianaglauca. Pavonialasiopclala.Populusalba,Prunuscaroliniana,Pntnusmcxicana.Quficusmaennarpa, Qucixussmuata,RosahvaLtcata,Scshaniadrummondii.Symphoricarposoyhniilatus.Thumnosma texana.I'Iimusamciuana AmongluithcrHiljC;ounti\'omissions,moreciinspicuousandinterestingarcthese:Anttxpha roemcnana,(onvolvulusaivcnsis,Condaliavindis.Ciolo)]Icxcnsisvar.alabamensis,Daleajotnwsa, Diospyrosvirtjiiikina,Forestierarcticulatajuglansmajoi',Liguslrumlucidum,Ligustrumquihoui. Mateleacdwardsensis.Mimosatexana,ParthenocissusheptaphyUa,Passifloraincarnata,Ruhushifrons. Salixcxi\iua,Siilviaballotijlora.AlsonotincludedarcOpuntuicng^dmannii(themostcommonHill Countryspeciesolpricklypear,theTexasstateplant),O.imbiuata.OdavisiiAlouicrorliicu.and(I phaeacantha.Hawthornsaretreatedas"Crataegussp,"accedingtothemyththat"Thetaxonomyof theHillCountryCrataegicsisuncertain,"andcontinuing"andtheremaybeseveralspeciesthatare veryhardloseparate,soallcanbeconvenientlytreatedasone."Cralcicgu.scrics-ga/li,C.grc^tana,C. rcverLhonu,C.tracyi.CAurnerorum,C.uvuldensis,andC.viridisareHillCountryspeciesandareno morediliiculttoidentifythanthePrunicsspecies.Thesmallerphoto(p.148)showsC.cru.s-t;alli,the largerCtratvi.Finally,mviewoiihclengthyandusefuldiscussionolcedarmanagement(allpre- sumabl)'assumedtohejunipci'usashci).atleastamentionofj.I'iik/iotiiand/.virginianawould havebeenappro|iriatc,althoughneitherisabundantintheHillCountry,—GuyNesomandHob O'Kennon,BotanicalResearchInstituteoJTexas,tortWorth,IX,76012-4060,U.S.A. SIDA21(4):2460.2005

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