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Through the Looking Glass: A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants | Paperback

by Susan Borman (Author), Robert Korth (Author), Jo Temte (Author), Carol Watkins (Illustrator)

List Price:

$29.95

Binding:

Paperback

Publisher:

University of Wisconsin Press

Edition:

illustrated editionth Edition

Page Count:

256 Pages

Publication Date:

December 01, 1997

Sales Rank:

1,089,769st

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
This delightful, large-format field guide to aquatic plants in North America is accessible and inviting to general readers, yet detailed enough for use by botanists and natural resource managers. Covering freshwater plants and some found in brackish waters, the book is organized into sections on emergent plants, free-floating plants, floating-leaf plants, and submersed plants. Charming habitat drawings introduce each section. The fine pen and ink drawings for each species showing the entire plant are supplemented, where helpful, with detailed drawings of leaves, stem cross-sections, seeds, flowers, and other distinguishing features. Nature lovers, waterfront property owners, teachers and students, and water resource specialists will enjoy this closer look at aquatic plants, from the familar cattail and wild rice to the more obscure bladderworts and milfoils. Features include: * 94 species accounts * more than 120 illustrations * botanical and common names * illustrated details of distinguishing features * notes on similar species, habitat, annual cycles * notes on folklore and human uses of each plant * notes on value of species in ecosystem * identification as native or non-native species * descriptions of origin and range Distributed for the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership: University of Wisconsin-Extension, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Wisconsin Association of Lakes

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)

Through the Looking Glass

5 Stars
August 05, 2001
This is truly a fantastic field guide for anyone interested in aquatic plant life and nature. Excellent illustrations, descriptions and life cycles, make identification and learning these plants fun and easy. Loaded with other intriguing information.

Aquatic plants by Robert Korth (Gresham, WI USA)

5 Stars
October 22, 2000
This book is the one of the best field guides to aquatic plants we have seen. For the professional or the person that just loves learning more about nature. It reviews over 128 aquatic plants in an accurate yet fun and easy to follow style. It focuses on a holistic vision of lakes rivers and the plant comunity. The drawings are spectacular.

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