Book ID: 116139
Kovacic, Sanja, Toni Nikolic, Mirko Ruscic, Milenko Milovic, Vanja Stamenkovic´, Darka Mihelj, Nenand Jasprika, Sandro Bogdanovic and Jasenka Topic
Flora Jadranske Obale i Otoka - 250 najcescih vrsta. (Fora of the Adriatic Coast and Islands - 250 rare plants). 2008. illus. 560 p. - In Croatian.
The beauty of the Adriatic coast and islands has been experienced by many, and even most of them are not familiar with the wealth and
the uniqueness of perhaps its most beautiful part - the plant world. Flora of the Adriatic coast and islands is a guide who, through the eyes of an amateur naturalist, tries to bring that part of the living world closer to everyone to nature lovers, pupils and students, as well as to the many tourists who are on the Adriatic coast and islands more and more. How valuable is the diverse and unique living world of the Adriatic coast and
islands, best confirm the existence of as many as four national parks, five nature parks and 25special reserves within that area.
Out of a total of 2,500 estimated plant taxa, in this the book presents 250 of the most common and eye-catching ones. The display of plants is informal, without numerous complicated botanical classifications and terms that are boring to the general public. With experience plants and landscapes based on the beautiful photographs from this book, it is possible to learn a lot about edibility, healing properties, toxicity, endangerment and protection of certain plant species and subspecies, etc.