| Description |
559 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Wildlife Communities -- 2. Mammals. Introduction -- Land and freshwater mammals -- Marine mammals -- 3. Birds. Introduction -- Birds with distinctive traits -- Aquatic birds -- Land birds -- 4. Reptiles and amphibians. Reptile introduction -- Alligators -- Turtles -- Lizards -- Snakes -- Amphibian introduction -- Salamanders -- Toads -- Frogs -- 5. Fish. Introduction -- Fish -- 6. Invertebrates. Mollusk introduction -- Seashells and other mollusks -- Insect introduction -- Insects and relatives -- Aquatic invertebrates -- 7. Trees and shrubs. Introduction -- Conifers -- Broad-leaved trees -- Broad-leaved shrubs -- 8. Wildflowers. Introduction -- Identification chart -- Wildflowers -- 9. Nonflowering Plants. Introduction -- Ferns and relatives -- Mosses and liverworts -- Seaweeds -- Lichens -- 10. Mushrooms. Introduction -- Gilled mushrooms -- Other fungi. |
| Summary |
This volume is an illustrated guide to 2,000 plants and animals. Every species is presented in full color; this reference contains thousands of identification capsules, range maps, and habitat symbols and a special 32 page guide to wildlife communities. Spanning the land from Florida to Alaska, it embraces field, forest, pond, prairie -- all the natural communities that make our North American flora and fauna so splendidly diverse. This book is really two in one -- both a valuable at-home reference and an extraordinary usable guide to the most common and conspicuous wild plants and animals of our continent. It is specially planned for quick and easy identification. |
| Subject |
Animals -- North America -- Identification.
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Plants -- North America -- Identification.
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Botany -- North America.
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Zoology -- North America.
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Animals. (OCoLC)fst00809468
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Botany. (OCoLC)fst00836869
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Plants. (OCoLC)fst01065823
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Zoology. (OCoLC)fst01184696
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North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides. (OCoLC)fst01940354
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| Added Author |
Wernert, Susan J.
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Reader's Digest Association.
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| Added Title |
North American wildlife |
| ISBN |
0895771020 |
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9780895771025 |
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0762100206 |
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9780762100200 |
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