Dimensions
222 x 305 x 19mm
This is an identification guide to the plants of the Adelaide district, an area which extends from Goolwa to Gawler and including the coastline. It contains colour illustrations and descriptions of about 1200 species and is the result of over three and a half years of collecting, identifying and illustrating the species. Special features include:
- A comprehensive coverage of plant now available in popular form for South Australia's most populous region.
- A range of plants from marine algae, mushrooms, ferns, herbs, sedges and grasses to flowering shrubs and trees, some of which have not been illustrated in previous books.
- A coverage which extends beyond the flora of the marine areas to plants of native forest, swamps, plains and hills
- Indication of a plant's history, whether introduced or native and from which region, State or country the species originated
- The latest botanical names
- A book of illustrations with an artistic flavour which has not previously been captured, using lead pencil and water colour
- Over 96 sedges and rushes, 96 grasses and over 84 fungi illustrated and described
- A simplified style, with a minimum of botanical terms has been adopted for easy use
- Features distribution maps to help in easier identification and location of species
