Seacoast plants of the Carolinas : a new guide for plant identification and use in the coastal landscape Cover Image

Seacoast plants of the Carolinas : a new guide for plant identification and use in the coastal landscape / Paul E. Hosier.

Summary:

"This volume updates and expands upon an earlier book written by Karl Graetz and first published in 1973 by North Carolina Sea Grant. For over four decades, Graetz's book informed residents and visitors to the Carolinas coast about native plants. However, knowledge of coastal processes and the flora and fauna of the region has increased dramatically since 1973. Continued development of coastal resources and new generations of scientists, residents, and visitors have created the need for an update of the original seacoast plants book"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781469641430
ISBN: 1469641437
Physical Description: 492 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: [Chapel Hill, North Carolina] : University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, in association with North Carolina Sea Grant, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Environmental setting for the coastal Carolinas flora -- Environments and flora: beaches, dunes, and maritime grasslands -- Environments and flora: maritime shrub thickets, maritime forests, and salt shrub thickets -- Environments and flora: palustrine and estuarine wetlands -- Invasive plants of the coastal Carolinas -- Landscaping with native coastal plants -- Native vegetation and coastal storms -- Climate change and the flora of the coastal Carolinas -- Coastal Carolina plant profiles: Ferns ; Graminoids ; Herbs ; Vines ; Shrubs ; Trees -- Accessible natural areas for viewing coastal plants and plant communities.