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Monday - October 12, 2009
From: Seguin, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Book for identifying Texas plants by dichotomous key from Seguin TX
Answered by: Barbara Medford and Joe Marcus
QUESTION:
What is the best book(s) for identifying Texas plants using a dichotomous key?ANSWER:
Although there are other publications with similar information, the gold standard on this subject is Correll & Johnston's Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. See the Bibliography below for more information.More Plant Identification Questions
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