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“Identifying wildflowers is a popular pastime for many gardeners and lovers of wildlife. But many botanical identification books just aren’t user-friendly. Pick up wildflower expert Walter Kingsley Taylor’s latest offering and you’ll find out just how much fun it is to track down the flower on the side of the road.”—Tampa Tribune

“Goes a step beyond the norm of being just a field guide. It is an absolute inspiration and incentive to get out into the woods.”—Palatka Daily News

“If you would like to attend a fascinating and informative lecture by one of Florida’s foremost experts on the state’s wildflowers and where they may be found—all in the comfort of your own home—by all means, read this book.”—Orlando Sentinel

“Taylor’s guide will help readers recognize and identify wildflowers in a different way, not principally by their color or family group, but by where they’re most likely to be found growing—their natural habitat.”—Gainesville Sun

“This new field guide is the best yet for Florida wildflowers. . . . Each entry includes a description, time of flowering, habitat, Florida distribution, and often a comment field that discusses related species, etymology, and even culinary and landscape uses.”—Floridata

“Taylor’s unorthodox approach has garnered positive comments from casual, weekend hikers as well as those with a professional interest in wildflowers. . . . It has remarkably broad appeal, because it’s so clear and well done and because the photos are excellent.”—Lakeland Ledger

“In this unique and refreshing approach to a wildflower guide, photographs visually illustrate the natural plant community described at the beginning of each community section. . . . An excellent and most useful guide.”—Choice

Walter Kingsley Taylor’s Florida Wildflowers in their Natural Communities was wildly praised for its beauty, ease of use, and unique organizational structure plants were described in the context of where they grow, making identification much simpler—and more rewarding—for the casual hiker or wildflower enthusiast. Vastly expanded and updated with new taxonomy, this volume provides detailed information on more than 450 species included in the earlier edition and nearly doubles the number of species included by expanding coverage into wetlands.

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"Have heard Dr. Taylor speak on a number of occasions. A great guide. The more people become aware of what can be lost by indiscriminate irresponsible land use, the more we can save."

Product details Paperback 576 pages Publisher University Press of Florida; COM edition (April 16, 2013) Language English ISBN-10 0813044251

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Florida Wildflowers A Comprehensive Guide Walter Kingsley Taylor 9780813044255 Books Reviews

• Wonder what the wildflowers are in your Florida nearby park, or along the trail where you walk your dog, or around the edges of your own yard? Walter Taylor's book(s) will help you find out. You can also learn what natural community you are visiting, or living in (the remnants of?), or driving through. It may also inspire you to purposely look for something beautiful, and will help you figure out where to discover it. Getting out in nature can bring you joy. Learning something new can bring you joy. Knowing what you are seeing will help you appreciate what you are seeing. Sharing what you know can bring you joy, too. So, after you make your discovery, go back . . . take a friend . . . and a photo or two [but if you pick that flower, it can't go to seed, reproduce, and bring someone else - or you - future joy]. There are opportunities for many delightful discoveries contained within the covers of this book.
• I got this for a brief trip to Southern Florida and it was quite helpful in identifying many of the plants I found. The book is arranged with plants from different ecosystems together which was supposed to make it easier to find things, but I actually found that confusing. What if you don't know which ecosystem? Don't some plants occur in several ecosystems? I ended up paging through the entire book to find plants. Still, it is a lovely book with lots of info. I like that it had all plants forms trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses in one volume.
• Good read and very interesting. Recommend it.
• I was looking for a book that would cover most of the wildflowers I might find in Florida. I found it! It also has good information on the various botanic areas of Florida and even many of the trees found there. It definitely covers more than "just" wildflowers. The photos are very good, often including close-ups of leaves as well as flowers, which helps in identification. Not exactly a field guide--it is fairly heavy, but I do must of my identification from multiple photos after I get home anyway. This is a truly comprehensive book. I'd recommend it to anyone interested Florida plants.
• Have heard Dr. Taylor speak on a number of occasions. A great guide. The more people become aware of what can be lost by indiscriminate irresponsible land use, the more we can save.
• Good book, but not his best. As a field ecologist this is a fun read but nothing I would take on the field.
• Great book. Easy to understand
• I really like Walter Kingsley Taylor's works. I wish I could meet him in person. A really wonderful resource for those of us engaged in trying to bring back the Real Florida!