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Ronald L. Jones 



Plant Life 

 OF Kentucky 



An Illustrated Guide 

 to the Vascular Flora 



Ronald L. Jones 



Plant Life of Kentucky \s the first comprehensive guide to all 

 the ferns, flowering herbs, and woody plants of the state. This 

 long-awaited work provides identification keys for Kentucky's 

 2,600 native and naturalized vascular plants, with notes on 

 wildlife/human uses, poisonous plants, and nnedicinal herbs. The 

 common name, flowering period, habitat, distribution, rarity, and 

 wetland status are given for each species, and about 80 percent 

 are illustrated with line drawings. The inclusion of 250 additional 

 species from outside the state broadens the regional coverage, 

 and most plants occurring from northern Alabama to southern 

 Ohio to the Mississippi River are examined, including nearly all 

 the plants of western and central Tennessee. 



The author also describes prehistoric and historical changes 

 in the flora, natural regions and plant communities, significant 

 botanists, current threats to plant life, and a plan for future studies. 



Plant Life of Kentucky is intended as a research tool for 

 professionals in biology and related fields, and as a resource 

 for students, amateur naturalists, and others interested in 

 understanding and preserving our rich botanical heritage. 



$75.00 hardback 



The University Press of 



At bookstores • 800/839-6855 • www.kentuck3 press.con1 



