LEADER 02851oam 2200481 450 001 9910826621503321 005 20221012160625.0 010 $a0-292-77371-4 010 $a0-292-79329-4 024 7 $a10.7560/718517 035 $a(OCoLC)506174561 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3HFL 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033934 100 $a20080610d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRemarkable plants of Texas $euncommon accounts of our common natives /$fMatt Warnock Turner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2009 210 1$aAustin, Tex. :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) $ccolor illustrations, color map 225 1 $aCorrie Herring Hooks series ;$vno. 62 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-71851-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-328) and index. 327 $aTrees -- Shrubs -- Herbaceous plants, cacti, grasses, vines, and aquatics. 330 $aWith some 6,000 species of plants, Texas has extraordinary botanical wealth and diversity. Learning to identify plants is the first step in understanding their vital role in nature, and many field guides have been published for that purpose. But to fully appreciate how Texas's native plants have sustained people and animals from prehistoric times to the present, you need Remarkable Plants of Texas. In this intriguing book, Matt Warnock Turner explores the little-known facts-be they archaeological, historical, material, medicinal, culinary, or cultural-behind our familiar botanical landscape. In sixty-five entries that cover over eighty of our most common native plants from trees, shrubs, and wildflowers to grasses, cacti, vines, and aquatics, he traces our vast array of connections with plants. Turner looks at how people have used plants for food, shelter, medicine, and economic subsistence; how plants have figured in the historical record and in Texas folklore; how plants nourish wildlife; and how some plants have unusual ecological or biological characteristics. Illustrated with over one hundred color photos and organized for easy reference, Remarkable Plants of Texas can function as a guide to individual species as well as an enjoyable natural history of our most fascinating native plants. 410 0$aCorrie Herring Hooks series. 606 $aEndemic plants$zTexas 606 $aPlants$zTexas 615 0$aEndemic plants 615 0$aPlants 676 $a581.6/309764 700 $aTurner$b Matt Warnock$f1960-$01605855 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826621503321 996 $aRemarkable plants of Texas$93931325 997 $aUNINA