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| Title: | Environmental Weeds
: A Field Guide for SE Australia |
| Author: | Kate Blood |
| ISBN: | 0957908601 : 9780957908604 |
| Illustrations: | colour photos |
| Size: | 155x210mm |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Weight: | .462 Kg. |
| Published: | Bloomings Books (C H Jerram & Associates) - June 2004 |
| List Price: | 8.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Australia: Botany & plant sciences |
This comprehensive field guide details over 175 environmental weeds in south eastern Australia including emerging and potential weed species. Detailed descriptions in easy to understand language and supported by excellent photography bring accurate weed identification within the reach of a broad range of users. Entries include weed shape and size, history and uses, taxonomic relationships, origin, weedy distribution, description, reproductive and growth characteristics and confusing look-a-likes. Distribution maps show current and potential ranges of weeds. Environmental weed expert, Kate Blood, has drawn on the expertise of professionals working in the area to compile the most up-to-date information on weed species and their distribution in south eastern Australia. This will be an invaluable tool for land use management specialists, farmers, amateur naturalists and anyone with an interest in managing and overcoming the huge problems caused by environmental weeds.