This page is a collection of indispensable references and guides. If you want to become one of the few living people proficient at identifying lichens, learn how to build an awesome garden with Mississippi native plants, or just become a more well-rounded naturalist, this list is a treasure trove of information that you won't find anywhere on the internet. Happy reading!
Some Useful References for Identifying Plants, Fungi, and Lichens of Mississippi and Adjacent States
1. Clewell, A.F. 1985. Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle. Tallahassee: Florida State University
Press.
2. Correll, D.S. and M.C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. Renner, TX: Texas Research
Foundation.
3. Diggs, G.M., Jr., et al. 2006. Illustrated Flora of East Texas. Volume 1. Fort Worth: Botanical Research Institute of
Texas.
4. Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 1993-present. Flora of North America. New York: Oxford UP. 30 vols. (when completed). [Several major groups, including grasses, sedges, composites, ferns and gymnosperms have been completed. Others are in progress.]
5. Radford, A.E., H.E. Ahles and C.R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
6. Smith, E.B. 1994. Keys to the Flora of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.
7. Steyermark, J.A. 1963. Flora of Missouri. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
8. Weakley, A.S. 2010 working draft. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Botanical Garden. For a copy or pdf, visit http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
9. Yatskievych, G. 1999. Steyermark’s Flora of Missouri. Vol. 1: Introduction, Flora, Pteriodophytes, Gymnosperms, Monocots. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
Texts That Deal with Particular Groups (Wetland Plants, Weeds, Grasses, Asters and Oaks)
10. Allen, C.M., D.A. Newman, and H. Winters. 2004. Grasses of Louisiana. 3rd ed. Allen’s Native
Adventures.
11. Bryson, C.T. and M.S. DeFelice, eds. 2009. Weeds of the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
12. Cronquist, A. 1980. Asteraceae. Vol.1 of Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
13. Eleuterius, L.N. 1990. Tidal Marsh Plants. Gretna, LA: Pelican.
14. Gandhi, K.N. and R.D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana. Sida, Botanical Miscellany, No. 4. Fort Worth, TX:
Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
15. Godfrey, R.K. and J.W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Monocotyledons. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
16. Godfrey, R.K. and J.W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Dicotyledons. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
17. Isely, D. 1990. Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Vol. 3, Part 2 of Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
18. Leithead, H.L., L.L. Yarlett, and T.N. Shiflet. 1971. 100 Native Forage Grasses in 11 Southern States. Washington,
D.C.: USDA Agriculture Handbook No. 389.
19. Muenscher, W.C. 1944. Aquatic Plants of the United States. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
20. Stein, J., D. Binion, and R. Acciavatti. 2003. Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America. USDA
Publication FHTET-2003-01.
21. Tiner, R.W. 1993. Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
Wildflowers (common species)
22. Brown, C.A. 1972. Wildflowers of Louisiana and Adjoining States. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
23. Duncan, W.H. and L.E. Foote. 1975. Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States. Athens: University of Georgia
Press.
24. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. 2008. Selected Plants of Coastal Mississippi and Alabama.
25. Miller, J.H. and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses. Auburn, AL: Southern Weed Science Society.
26. Nelson, G. 2005. East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers. Guilford, CT: Falcon.
27. Newcomb, L. 1989 [reprint of 1977]. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Little, Brown.
28. Thieret. J., W.A. Niering, and N.C. Olmstead. 2001. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Rev. ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
29. Timme, S.L. 1989. Wildflowers of Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.
Bryophytes (Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts)
30. Crum, H.A. and L.E. Anderson. 1981. Mosses of Eastern North America. 2 vols. New York: Columbia University
Press.
31. Hicks, M.L. 1992. Guide to the Liverworts of North Carolina. Durham: Duke University Press.
32. Reese, W.D. 1984. Mosses of the Gulf South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
33. Schuster, R.M. 1966-1992. The Hepaticae [liverworts] and Anthoceratae [hornworts] of North America East of the Hundredth Meridian. New York: Columbia University Press.
Ferns
34. Brown, C.A. 1942. Ferns and Fern Allies of Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
35. Cobb, B. 1963. A Field Guide to the Ferns and their Related Families. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. [Peterson Field Guide series]
36. Evans, A.M. 1978. Mississippi flora: a guide to the ferns and fern allies. Sida 7: 282-297.
37. Lellinger, D.B. 1985. A Field Manual of the Ferns and Fern-Allies of the United States and Canada. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
38. Nelson, G. 2000. The Ferns of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide. Pineapple Press.
Fungi
39. Bessette, A.E., A.R. Bessette, and D.W. Fisher. 1997. Mushrooms of Northeastern North America. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
40. Dukes, G.H., Jr. 2000. Mushrooms of Mississippi and Other Fungi and Protists. Brandon, MS: Poplar Petal Publishing Co.
41. Lincoff, G.H. 1981. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
42. McKnight, K.H. and V.B. McKnight. 1987. A Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America. Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin.
43. Miller, O.K. and H. Miller. 2006. North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi (Falconguide). Falcon.
44. Phillips, R. 2005. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Firefly Books.
Lichens
45. Brodo, I.M., S.D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press.
46. Hale, M.E. 1969. How to Know the Lichens. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown
Native and Naturalized Trees, Shrubs, and Lianas (Woody Vines)
47. Allen, C.M., D.A. Newman, and H.H. Winters. 2002. Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Louisiana. Pitkin, LA: Allen’s Native Ventures.
48. Brown, C.L. and L.K. Kirkman. 1990. Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
49. Cope, E.A. 2001. Muenscher’s Keys to Woody Plants: An Expanded Guide to Native and Cultivated Species. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Press.
50. Davis, D.E., N.D. Davis, and L.J. Samuelson. 1999. Guide and Key to Alabama Trees. 5th ed. Dubuque, IA:
Kendall/Hunt.
51. Duncan, W.H. 1967. Woody vines of the southeastern states. Sida 3: 1-71.
52. Duncan, W.H. and M.B. Duncan. 1988. Trees of the Southeastern United States. University of Georgia Press.
53. Elias, T.S. 2000. The Complete Trees of North America: Field Guide and Natural History. Chapman and Hall.
54. Foote, L.E. and S.B. Jones, Jr. 1989. Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast: Landscaping Uses and
Identification. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
55. Godfrey, R.K. 1988. Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
56. Harrar, E.S. and J.G. Harrar. 1962. Guide to Southern Trees. New York: Dover.
57. Hicks, R.R., Jr. and G.K. Stephenson. 1978. Woody Plants of the Western Gulf Region. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
58. Kirkman, L.K., G.L. Brown and D.J. Leopold. 2007. Native Trees of the Southeast: An Identification Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
59. Little, E.L. 1980. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 714 pp.
60. Petrides, G.A. 1998. A Field Guide to Eastern Trees. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. [Peterson Field Guide series]
61. Sibley, D.A. 2009. The Sibley Guide to Trees. Knopf.
62. Wofford, B.E. and E.W. Chester. 2002. Guide to the Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press.
Cultivated and Landscape Plants
63. Staff of the L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University (Bailey, L.H., E.Z. Bailey, et al.). 1976. Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan.
64. Bailey, L.H. 1949. Manual of Cultivated Plants. New York: Macmillan.
65. Barton, G. 2004. Basic Gardening: A Guide for the Deep South. Meridian, MS: Flowerpress.
66. Dirr, M.A. 1997. Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
67. Krussmann, G. 1985. Manual of Cultivated Conifers. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
68. Krussmann, G. 1984. Manual of Cultivated Broad-Leaved Trees and Shrubs. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 3
vols.
69. Nelson, G. 2010. Best Native Plants for Southern Gardens: A Handbook for Gardeners, Homeowners, and Professionals. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press.
70. Odenwald, N. and J. Turner. 1996. Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design.
3rd ed. Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Publishing Division.
71. Pelczar, R. and W.E. Barrick. 2004. Smartgarden Regional Guide: Southeast (American Horticultural Society
Smartgarden Regional Garden Guides). New York: DK Publishing.
72. Rehder, A. 1986. Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs. Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press.
73. Rushing, F. 2003. Tough Plants for Southern Gardens. Franklin, TN: Cool Springs Press.
74. Rushing, F. and J. Greer. 2005. Alabama & Mississippi Gardener’s Guide. Franklin, TN: Cool Springs Press.
75. Wasowski, S. 1994. Gardening With Native Plants of the South. Taylor Trade Publishing.
Introductions to Flowering Plant Structure, Terminology, and Families
76. Baumgardt, J.P. 1982. How To Identify Flowering Plant Families: A Practical Guide for Horticulturists and Plant
Lovers. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
77. Capon, B. 1992. Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
78. Coombes, A.J. 1985. Dictionary of Plant Names. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
79. Harris, J.G. and M.W. Harris. 2001. Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary. 2nd ed. Spring
Lake, UT: Spring Lake Publishing Co.
80. Hickey, M. and C. King. 2001. The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University
Press.
81. Judd, W.S. et al. 2007. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. 3rd ed. Sinauer.
82. Murrell, Z.E. 2010. Vascular Plant Taxonomy. 6th ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
83. Simpson, M.G. 2010. Plant Systematics. 2nd. ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press.
84. Wood, C.E., Jr., 1974. A Student’s Atlas of Flowering Plants: Some Dicotyledons of Eastern North America. New York: Harper & Row.
85. Woodland, D.W. 2009. Contemporary Plant Systematics. 4th. ed. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University
Press.
86. Zomlefer, W.B. 1994. Guide to Flowering Plant Families. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Poisonous Plants
87. Kingsbury, J.M. 1964. Poisonous Plants of the United States and Canada. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
88. Lampe, K.F. and M.A. McCann. 1985. AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. Chicago: American Medical Association.
89. Muenscher, W.C. 1951. Poisonous Plants of the United States. Rev. ed. New York: Macmillan.
Some Useful References for Identifying Plants, Fungi, and Lichens of Mississippi and Adjacent States
1. Clewell, A.F. 1985. Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle. Tallahassee: Florida State University
Press.
2. Correll, D.S. and M.C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. Renner, TX: Texas Research
Foundation.
3. Diggs, G.M., Jr., et al. 2006. Illustrated Flora of East Texas. Volume 1. Fort Worth: Botanical Research Institute of
Texas.
4. Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 1993-present. Flora of North America. New York: Oxford UP. 30 vols. (when completed). [Several major groups, including grasses, sedges, composites, ferns and gymnosperms have been completed. Others are in progress.]
5. Radford, A.E., H.E. Ahles and C.R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
6. Smith, E.B. 1994. Keys to the Flora of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.
7. Steyermark, J.A. 1963. Flora of Missouri. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
8. Weakley, A.S. 2010 working draft. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Botanical Garden. For a copy or pdf, visit http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
9. Yatskievych, G. 1999. Steyermark’s Flora of Missouri. Vol. 1: Introduction, Flora, Pteriodophytes, Gymnosperms, Monocots. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
Texts That Deal with Particular Groups (Wetland Plants, Weeds, Grasses, Asters and Oaks)
10. Allen, C.M., D.A. Newman, and H. Winters. 2004. Grasses of Louisiana. 3rd ed. Allen’s Native
Adventures.
11. Bryson, C.T. and M.S. DeFelice, eds. 2009. Weeds of the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
12. Cronquist, A. 1980. Asteraceae. Vol.1 of Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
13. Eleuterius, L.N. 1990. Tidal Marsh Plants. Gretna, LA: Pelican.
14. Gandhi, K.N. and R.D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana. Sida, Botanical Miscellany, No. 4. Fort Worth, TX:
Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
15. Godfrey, R.K. and J.W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Monocotyledons. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
16. Godfrey, R.K. and J.W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Dicotyledons. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
17. Isely, D. 1990. Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Vol. 3, Part 2 of Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
18. Leithead, H.L., L.L. Yarlett, and T.N. Shiflet. 1971. 100 Native Forage Grasses in 11 Southern States. Washington,
D.C.: USDA Agriculture Handbook No. 389.
19. Muenscher, W.C. 1944. Aquatic Plants of the United States. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
20. Stein, J., D. Binion, and R. Acciavatti. 2003. Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America. USDA
Publication FHTET-2003-01.
21. Tiner, R.W. 1993. Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
Wildflowers (common species)
22. Brown, C.A. 1972. Wildflowers of Louisiana and Adjoining States. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
23. Duncan, W.H. and L.E. Foote. 1975. Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States. Athens: University of Georgia
Press.
24. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. 2008. Selected Plants of Coastal Mississippi and Alabama.
25. Miller, J.H. and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses. Auburn, AL: Southern Weed Science Society.
26. Nelson, G. 2005. East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers. Guilford, CT: Falcon.
27. Newcomb, L. 1989 [reprint of 1977]. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Little, Brown.
28. Thieret. J., W.A. Niering, and N.C. Olmstead. 2001. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Rev. ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
29. Timme, S.L. 1989. Wildflowers of Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.
Bryophytes (Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts)
30. Crum, H.A. and L.E. Anderson. 1981. Mosses of Eastern North America. 2 vols. New York: Columbia University
Press.
31. Hicks, M.L. 1992. Guide to the Liverworts of North Carolina. Durham: Duke University Press.
32. Reese, W.D. 1984. Mosses of the Gulf South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
33. Schuster, R.M. 1966-1992. The Hepaticae [liverworts] and Anthoceratae [hornworts] of North America East of the Hundredth Meridian. New York: Columbia University Press.
Ferns
34. Brown, C.A. 1942. Ferns and Fern Allies of Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
35. Cobb, B. 1963. A Field Guide to the Ferns and their Related Families. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. [Peterson Field Guide series]
36. Evans, A.M. 1978. Mississippi flora: a guide to the ferns and fern allies. Sida 7: 282-297.
37. Lellinger, D.B. 1985. A Field Manual of the Ferns and Fern-Allies of the United States and Canada. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
38. Nelson, G. 2000. The Ferns of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide. Pineapple Press.
Fungi
39. Bessette, A.E., A.R. Bessette, and D.W. Fisher. 1997. Mushrooms of Northeastern North America. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
40. Dukes, G.H., Jr. 2000. Mushrooms of Mississippi and Other Fungi and Protists. Brandon, MS: Poplar Petal Publishing Co.
41. Lincoff, G.H. 1981. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
42. McKnight, K.H. and V.B. McKnight. 1987. A Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America. Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin.
43. Miller, O.K. and H. Miller. 2006. North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi (Falconguide). Falcon.
44. Phillips, R. 2005. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Firefly Books.
Lichens
45. Brodo, I.M., S.D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press.
46. Hale, M.E. 1969. How to Know the Lichens. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown
Native and Naturalized Trees, Shrubs, and Lianas (Woody Vines)
47. Allen, C.M., D.A. Newman, and H.H. Winters. 2002. Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Louisiana. Pitkin, LA: Allen’s Native Ventures.
48. Brown, C.L. and L.K. Kirkman. 1990. Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
49. Cope, E.A. 2001. Muenscher’s Keys to Woody Plants: An Expanded Guide to Native and Cultivated Species. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Press.
50. Davis, D.E., N.D. Davis, and L.J. Samuelson. 1999. Guide and Key to Alabama Trees. 5th ed. Dubuque, IA:
Kendall/Hunt.
51. Duncan, W.H. 1967. Woody vines of the southeastern states. Sida 3: 1-71.
52. Duncan, W.H. and M.B. Duncan. 1988. Trees of the Southeastern United States. University of Georgia Press.
53. Elias, T.S. 2000. The Complete Trees of North America: Field Guide and Natural History. Chapman and Hall.
54. Foote, L.E. and S.B. Jones, Jr. 1989. Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast: Landscaping Uses and
Identification. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
55. Godfrey, R.K. 1988. Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
56. Harrar, E.S. and J.G. Harrar. 1962. Guide to Southern Trees. New York: Dover.
57. Hicks, R.R., Jr. and G.K. Stephenson. 1978. Woody Plants of the Western Gulf Region. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
58. Kirkman, L.K., G.L. Brown and D.J. Leopold. 2007. Native Trees of the Southeast: An Identification Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
59. Little, E.L. 1980. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 714 pp.
60. Petrides, G.A. 1998. A Field Guide to Eastern Trees. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. [Peterson Field Guide series]
61. Sibley, D.A. 2009. The Sibley Guide to Trees. Knopf.
62. Wofford, B.E. and E.W. Chester. 2002. Guide to the Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press.
Cultivated and Landscape Plants
63. Staff of the L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University (Bailey, L.H., E.Z. Bailey, et al.). 1976. Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan.
64. Bailey, L.H. 1949. Manual of Cultivated Plants. New York: Macmillan.
65. Barton, G. 2004. Basic Gardening: A Guide for the Deep South. Meridian, MS: Flowerpress.
66. Dirr, M.A. 1997. Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
67. Krussmann, G. 1985. Manual of Cultivated Conifers. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
68. Krussmann, G. 1984. Manual of Cultivated Broad-Leaved Trees and Shrubs. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 3
vols.
69. Nelson, G. 2010. Best Native Plants for Southern Gardens: A Handbook for Gardeners, Homeowners, and Professionals. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press.
70. Odenwald, N. and J. Turner. 1996. Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design.
3rd ed. Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Publishing Division.
71. Pelczar, R. and W.E. Barrick. 2004. Smartgarden Regional Guide: Southeast (American Horticultural Society
Smartgarden Regional Garden Guides). New York: DK Publishing.
72. Rehder, A. 1986. Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs. Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press.
73. Rushing, F. 2003. Tough Plants for Southern Gardens. Franklin, TN: Cool Springs Press.
74. Rushing, F. and J. Greer. 2005. Alabama & Mississippi Gardener’s Guide. Franklin, TN: Cool Springs Press.
75. Wasowski, S. 1994. Gardening With Native Plants of the South. Taylor Trade Publishing.
Introductions to Flowering Plant Structure, Terminology, and Families
76. Baumgardt, J.P. 1982. How To Identify Flowering Plant Families: A Practical Guide for Horticulturists and Plant
Lovers. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
77. Capon, B. 1992. Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
78. Coombes, A.J. 1985. Dictionary of Plant Names. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
79. Harris, J.G. and M.W. Harris. 2001. Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary. 2nd ed. Spring
Lake, UT: Spring Lake Publishing Co.
80. Hickey, M. and C. King. 2001. The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University
Press.
81. Judd, W.S. et al. 2007. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. 3rd ed. Sinauer.
82. Murrell, Z.E. 2010. Vascular Plant Taxonomy. 6th ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
83. Simpson, M.G. 2010. Plant Systematics. 2nd. ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press.
84. Wood, C.E., Jr., 1974. A Student’s Atlas of Flowering Plants: Some Dicotyledons of Eastern North America. New York: Harper & Row.
85. Woodland, D.W. 2009. Contemporary Plant Systematics. 4th. ed. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University
Press.
86. Zomlefer, W.B. 1994. Guide to Flowering Plant Families. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Poisonous Plants
87. Kingsbury, J.M. 1964. Poisonous Plants of the United States and Canada. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
88. Lampe, K.F. and M.A. McCann. 1985. AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. Chicago: American Medical Association.
89. Muenscher, W.C. 1951. Poisonous Plants of the United States. Rev. ed. New York: Macmillan.