Bobbi Angell, Susan K. Pell

Gebundenes Buch

A Botanist's Vocabulary

1300 Terms Explained and Illustrated

Beschreibung

A Botanistâ s Vocabulary gives gardeners and naturalists a better understanding of what they see and a way to categorize and organize the natural world in which they are so intimately involved. Through concise definitions and detailed black and white illustrations, it defines words commonly used by botanists, naturalists, and gardeners to describe plants.

Autor

Susan K. Pell is the science and public programs manager at the United States Botanic Garden, where she gets to show people the awesomeness of plants every day. She was formerly director of science at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where she studied the evolutionary relationships of the cashew family. She holds a PhD in plant biology and teaches courses in genetics, angiosperm morphology, and systematics. Pell lives in Washington, D.C., with her wife and daughter. Bobbi Angell creates richly detailed pen and ink drawings for botanists at the New York Botanical Garden and other institutions. Ror many years, she illustrated The New York Times “Garden Q&A” column. A gardener and printmaker as well as an illustrator, she lives in southern Vermont.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 181mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9781604695632
• ISBN-10: 1604695633
• Artikelnr.: 43204820