Book ID: 96806
Heath, Alison and Roger Heath
Field Guide to the Plants of Botswana including the Okavango Delta. 2009. ca 2000 col. photogr. 593 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This field guide includes over 550 flowering herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, sedges and their allies, illustrated with over 800 colour photographs. For ease of use, the more conspicuous flowering plants are arranged by flower colour. Two detailed sections on grasses and sedges are ordered by inflorescence structure, then by family, genus and species. Key identification features are listed, along with habitat, flowering period and local uses, traditions and beliefs. A glossary is also provided. - Northern Botswana and surrounding regions boast a rich and scientifically interesting diversity of plants.