Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States
Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide
PATRICIA DALTON HARAGAN
Copyright Date: 1991
Edition: 1
Published by: University Press of Kentucky
Pages: 304
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Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States
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Because of its central location and geographical diversity, Kentucky is home today to perhaps the richest diversity of non-native plants east of the Rocky Mountains, and weeds make up a large component of the state's flora and vegetation. Many of Kentucky's weeds are immigrants that came to the New World from the Old and were brought to Kentucky by travelers, explorers, and settlers. This guide to the identification of 160 weeds commonly found in crops, pastures, turf, and along roadsides provides ecological, geographical, and ethnobotanical information with each species description. It is the most extensive reference on weeds in this botanically unique area. A must for all agriculturalists, naturalists and botanists.

eISBN: 978-0-8131-4815-1
Subjects: Botany & Plant Sciences
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
  3. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. ix-x)
  4. Introduction
    Introduction (pp. xi-xiv)

    Plants respond in a variety of ways to disturbance of their habitats. Some thrive and reproduce, others die and are replaced by species better adapted to the new conditions. The plants included in this book are those that thrive in “man” made habitats. These uncultivated plants are weeds and are defined in this guide as plants perceived to be undesirable.

    Weeds have been associated with humans throughout the history of civilization. Many of the plants in our midst are not native but immigrant and, like many of our ancestors, came to the New World from Europe and Asia. As travelers...

  5. Plant Structures
    Plant Structures (pp. xv-xx)
  6. Plant Descriptions
    • White Flowers
      White Flowers (pp. 3-90)
    • Yellow Flowers
      Yellow Flowers (pp. 91-146)
    • Orange Flowers
      Orange Flowers (pp. 147-152)
    • Pink Flowers
      Pink Flowers (pp. 153-168)
    • Blue Flowers
      Blue Flowers (pp. 169-180)
    • Purple Flowers
      Purple Flowers (pp. 181-210)
    • Green Flowers
      Green Flowers (pp. 211-244)
    • Golden Brown Flowers
      Golden Brown Flowers (pp. 245-258)
    • Gray Flowers
      Gray Flowers (pp. 259-262)
  7. Glossary
    Glossary (pp. 263-268)
  8. Bibliography
    Bibliography (pp. 269-272)
  9. Index of Common Names
    Index of Common Names (pp. 273-275)
  10. Index of Scientific Names
    Index of Scientific Names (pp. 276-278)
  11. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 279-285)
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