Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States: Vol. 3, Part 2: Leguminosae (fabaceae) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469613765)

Leguminosae, the second of five books to be published in the Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States series, focuses on one of the most important and largest plant families in the region. The legume or bean family, which includes soybeans, peanuts, redbud, and their relatives, is one of the two plant groups that have made civilization possible. The legumes furnish protein and oil for food and industry and, through bacterial nodules on their roots, maintain the nitrogen balance in the soil. Also included in this plant family are numerous ornamentals, particularly in the southern part of the country. This volume is the first to treat the southeastern legumes in nearly sixty years.

Geographical Range
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States covers the forested region of the southeastern United States west to the prairie and north to the southernmost terminal moraines. This region includes Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Notation of presence in adjacent states of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be made.

Also in the series:
Volume 1: Asteraceae
Volume 2: Ferns, Gymnosperms, Magnoliidae not yet published]
Volume 3, Part I: Rosidae and Asteridae not yet published]
Volume 4: Liliopsida not yet published]

Author: Duane Isely
ISBN-10: 146961376X
ISBN-13: 9781469613765
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d