A handy new identification tool, similar to the very popular Aquatic Plants
Identification
Deck,
is “at the printer” and is expected to be for sale in April, 1999. The Grasses,
Sedges and
Rushes of Wetlands
Identification Deck is a stack of 3" X 4" laminated cards, bound with two rings
to open as a book. The deck is
sturdy enough to withstand extensive field use in a wetland environment. It has identification
text and line
drawings on one page facing color photographs of the plants on the other.
Written by Victor
Ramey, with the
cooperation of botanist and noted wetland plant expert, David Hall, this ID deck treats 84 species
of the most
common and/or important grasses, sedges and rushes that occur in wetlands, including 22
non-native species.
Each plant is well-described in terms that are readily understood by non-botanists. The ID deck
is illustrated
with 150 color photographs and 70 line drawings by Ann Murray, and is indexed according to
scientific names,
common names, and inflorescence shapes.
Incidental notes on each plant include its documented use by ducks, geese, swans and
other waterfowl,
since native grasses, sedges and rushes provide food, shelter and nesting habitat to many kinds of
birds and other
wildlife. The deck will teach managers, field personnel, students, and other wetlands enthusiasts
to distinguish
between the exotic elephant grass and native panic grasses, exotic para grass and native
maidencane, and to
identify and distinguish between 80 other grasses, sedges and rushes from Amphicarpum
muhlenbergianum
(blue maidencane) to Zizaniopsis miliacea (giant cut grass).
Each Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Wetlands Identification
Deck (Publication Number SP255)
is $12 plus S/H. It will be available from the University of Florida, IFAS Publications,
1-800-226-1764.
Please note that this item will not be available until April, 1999!
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