A field guide to plants of Costa Rica /

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference g...

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Main Author: Gargiullo, Margaret B., 1942-2019.
Other Authors: Magnuson, Barbara L., 1952-, Kimball, Larry D., 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; DISTRIBUTION AND "COMMONNESS" OF PLANTS; LIMITATIONS OF THIS GUIDE; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; ILLUSTRATED PLANT TERMS; PALMS AND PALMLIKE PLANTS; TALL TREES; SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES; WOODY VINES (LIANAS); HERBACEOUS VINES; HERBS; GRASSES AND SEDGES; FERNS AND OTHER SEEDLESS PLANTS; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX.