Flowers of Greece

Description:

Reprint (first published 2009). Well illustrated guide to the Greek flora. Includes 4,200 species with information on habitat, location and flowering period. Illustrations consist of 3.500 color photographs, plus many line - drawings. Introductory chapters (Physical characteristics of Greece: geography, rocks and landscape, climate, maps of Greece), plant - life in Greece (The flora and its origins, conservation, flowers and their seasons, habitats in Greece), glossary, descriptive part (Latin names, brief description, distribution). A DVD includes more than 13,000 additional high quality photos and lists of plants found in Greece.

The aim of the two book set is to provide good coverage of the Greek Flora to aid naturalists, botanists and gardeners to identify plants they see in Greece. The most attractive groups of plants are presented in depth such as Dianthus, Viola and Campanula while other groups of plants such as Polygonaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Aramanthaceae are covered in slightly less depth. There is information on habitat and location as well as the flowering period.

The inclusion of a DVD enables access to more than 13,000 photos and lists of plants found in Greece. Every other page has a range of small photos of the plant descriptions.

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The DVD-ROM was produced before 64-bit operating systems (OS) were introduced. If you are running a 64-bit OS, this software may not function.

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