"Revised and expanded to include the mid-Atlantic states."
Provides drawings and descriptions of two hundred and twenty-four types of weed while providing maps of their distribution throughout the U.S
... abundant seed produced, but a large proportion nonviable; seed production in native range is up to 192,000 seeds per plant; northern limit in Europe coincides with sites with 120 frost-free days de Vriese, P. zuccarinii (Small.) ...
Common Weeds of the United States. New York: Dover Publications. Brown, L. 1977. Weeds in Winter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Brown, L. 1979. Grasses: An Identification Guide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Bryson, C. T., and M. S. DeFelice.
“God invented mulching,” wrote Ruth Stout, who followed her 1955 book How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening with the equally offbeat early-'60s classic Gardening Without Work.
Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans.
... and a myriad of other festivals happening around the world in honor of the springtime yellow flower such as in ... of the dandelion, the gutsy little flower fights its way through velvety lawns, dodges mowers and weed killers.
When it was first published, Roger Tory Peterson said of Weeds and Wildflowers in Winter (originally published as Wildflowers and Winter Weeds), "this book will be a joy to those wood-walkers and strollers who have been puzzled by the ...
This guide to the identification of 160 weeds commonly found in crops, pastures, turf, and along roadsides provides ecological, geographical, and ethnobotanical information with each species description.
Plus, learn about how each weed spreads, how to control it and its possible beneficial uses. The information, presented by expert forager Teresa Marrone, is accessible to beginners but useful for even experienced wild plants enthusiasts.
Covers 220 important weeds with illustrations, maps, botanical information, plant lore for each. Over 225 illustrations.