Distribution of Grasses in Texas
Author | : Robert Blaine Shaw |
Publisher | : BRIT Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Grasses |
ISBN | : 1889878324 |
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Author | : Robert Blaine Shaw |
Publisher | : BRIT Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Grasses |
ISBN | : 1889878324 |
Author | : Robert B. Shaw |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 1098 |
Release | : 2012-06-21 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1603441867 |
In this new, complete Guide to Texas Grasses, Robert B. Shaw and the team at the Texas A&M University Institute of Renewable Natural Resources provide an indispensable reference to the world’s most economically important plant family. After discussing the impact of grass on our everyday lives as food, biofuels, land restoration, erosion control, and water become ever more urgent issues worldwide—the book then provides:a description of the structure of the grass plant;details of the classification and distribution of Texas grasses;brief species accounts;distributional maps;color photographs;plus black-and-white drawings of 670 grass species—native, introduced, and ornamental. Scientific keys help identify the grasses to group, genera, and species, and an alphabetized checklist includes information on: origin (native or introduced); longevity (annual or perennial);growth season (cool or warm season); endangered status;and occurrence (by ecological zone). A glossary, literature citations, and a quick index to genera round out the book. Guide to Texas Grasses is a comprehensive treatment of Texas grasses meant to assist students, botanists, ecologists, agronomists, range scientists, naturalists, researchers, extension agents, and others who work with or are interested in these important plants.
Author | : Botanical Research Institute of Texas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781889878324 |
Author | : Brian Loflin |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2006-04-04 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1585444677 |
This photographic guide to grasses gives all who have been frustrated trying to identify these difficult plants an easy-to-use, visually precise, and information-packed field guide to seventy-seven native and introduced species that grow in the Texas Hill Country and beyond. With a blade of grass in hand, open this book and find: Handy thumb guides to seedhead type, the most visible distinguishing characteristic to begin identification. Color photographs of stands of grasses and detailed close-ups. Concise information about economic uses, habitat, range, and flowering season. Quick-reference icons for native status, toxicity, growing season, and grazing response
Author | : Frank W. Gould |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 670 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
With 523 species of native, introduced, and adventive grasses, Texas has by far the most diverse grass flora of any of the fifty states. Gould's full and systematic treatment of Texas grasses is the definitive guide to this vast and complex subject.
Author | : David Lawrence Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1194 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephan L. Hatch |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780890968895 |
The coastal prairies and marshes of the Texas Gulf Coast are among the richest grazing lands in the state. Traditionally they have been the site of some of the largest ranches in Texas; today the ranches are primarily cow-calf operations that use forage grasses as well as "tame" grasses such as Bermuda and some bluestems. This region is also an excellent natural habitat for upland game and waterfowl and is an important recreational hunting and fishing area. Urban and industrial development has increased in the region as well; since World War II the prairies and marshes have seen the greatest industrial development of any part of the state, and the effects of that development on the environment are of great concern. Grasses of the Texas Gulf Prairies and Marshes serves as a useful manual for the identification and study of grasses of the prairies and marshes adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico from northern Mexico to western Louisiana. This field guide is a systematic and descriptive treatment of the grasses found on that coastal zone and includes keys to the 98 genera and 303 species. For convenience in locating specific taxa, the grasses are listed alphabetically by genus and then by species within genus; common names are provided when they are known. Species descriptions include information on longevity, dimensions of the entire plant and of the spikelets, and descriptions of the grass's habitat and distribution and rating of its value for stock or wildlife. The notes on abundance, habitat, and distribution provide information on the ecological niche of each species. Where known, the requirements of the species, such as moisture, soil, and other environmental conditions are given. Heavily illustrated with line drawings of grass plants and plan parts, this field guide will be useful for stock raisers, wildlife managers, and environmentalists as well as grass taxonomists and range scientists.
Author | : Frank W. Gould |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
A ready reference to the 150 most familiar and important species of grasses that grow in the state of Texas. Each species of grass is illustrated by a line drawing and given a botanical description.
Author | : Benjamin Carroll Tharp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Forage plants |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Elray S. Nixon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Grasses |
ISBN | : |