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Native Trees Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America: A Planting Design Manual for Environmental Designers | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary L. Hightshoe
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $185.00
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 142129
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 832
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.9 x 1.9
ISBN: 0471288799
Dewey Decimal Number: 712
EAN: 9780471288794
ASIN: 0471288799
Publication Date: November 1, 1987
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Product Description
A basic planting design reference, this book provides the amateur, student, and professional with information that assists in simplifying plant-use decisions where native plants are desired. The characteristics, cultural requirements, and most suitable environmental settings are identified for each plant.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent Plant Book April 27, 2008
Springfield (Springfield, VA United States)
If you are looking for a native tree or shrub, this book will help you find the right plant by size, shape, and wet or dry conditions. Great illustratiions. Useful for designing special gardens such as rain gardens and wet gardens.
 Great for East of the Rockies January 17, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a very useful book for those living in the appropriate area. The book contains information on native trees and shrubs in Eastern and Central United States. Native trees and shrubs found west of the Rockies are NOT included in this book.
Excellent reference book (within its range) January 30, 2001
Robyn Wilgus (Bentonville, AR United States)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Overall, the information contained in the book is excellent. It is well-presented, well-organized, and very thorough. However, I was disappointed to find it is best suited for use by those who live in USDA Hardiness zone 5 or farther north. I live and work in zone 6, which is really the fringe of the area addressed in this book. Species native to the southeast are included only if they are hardy over a wide range. (For example, Southern magnolia is omitted in this book, as are loblolly and slash pines and yaupon holly.)I have a degree in landscape architecture and prefer to use native plants in planting design. This book has been helpful, but will never replace my dog-eared copy of Know It and Grow It--a reference far more suited to my region.
Most Used Reference Book January 24, 2000
David E. Bailey (Buchanan,MI)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This book has excellent info on each plant within its text. I am a native plant landscape designer and soil requirements, natural habitats, associate plants (communities), urban tolerance, flower & fruit development are a few of the plant categories I use on a daily basis. The line drawings are also superb for knowing the form the plant will take in the landscape and how the flowers & fruit will appear. This book is used so much, my pages are starting to fall out. I hope they create a new version soon! This book is a 'must' for all landscape designers & architects --- it's a great tool.
Excellent ink-line illustration;form, leaf, flower and fruit November 23, 1997
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
This comprehensive volume puts all the information needed to choose native plantings in one handy reference source. The book is divided into two parts, Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, with each part further divided into two sections. The first describes different factors normally considered in selecting plantings, classifying over 250 woody plants by these characteristics. Classifications include: Visual characteristics: form, branching, foliage, flower and fruit. Ecologicla relationships: most suitable habitats, including flood and shade tolerance. Cultural requirements: soil, hardiness, silvical characteristics, urban conditions, similar and associate species. The second section is an encyclopedia of native woody plants. Each MASTER PLATE includes the plants scientific and common name, plus all of the plants characteristics as described in the first section. Also included are a map showing the plants native region; a drawing of its twigs, leaves, flowers, and fruit; a photo of its bark, and a photo or line drawing of its crown without leaves. Thus, you can find the information you need in one of two ways: you can choose the plant characteristics you want and look them up in the first section to find the plantings that fit your needs. Or you can look up the specific plants in the second section to learn if their characteristics are appropriate for your landscape No other book on native plantings provides as much information, as usefully organized, as this one does. Landscape architects, ecologists, park personnel, botanists anyone interested in natural landscaping will find this to be an invaluable reference that greatly assists in choosing and nurturing native trees, shrubs, and vines. harlen d. Groe
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