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Author : Gideon Smith,Neil R. Crouch
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015084185738
Succulents are increasingly popular in the face of the need for water-wise gardening, and this handy book serves as a guide to many well-known varieties
Author : Becker MOLLER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1920-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1920217770
Author : Gideon Smith
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775843689
Southern Africa is the natural home of the richest and most diverse succulent flora in the world. These plants come in all shapes and sizes, from trees such as the baobab at more than 20 m tall, to miniature soil huggers, just a few millimetres high, which mimic their pebble-desert surroundings. This user-friendly, richly illustrated field guide features more than 700 southern African succulents, focusing on the most interesting and commonly encountered species. An introduction to families and their key features will help readers identify the relevant plant group, while concise accounts describing the plants’ diagnostic features, along with distribution maps, will enable quick ID of species. More than just an ID guide for plant lovers, this book will inspire gardeners who are turning to indigenous, low-maintenance and waterwise plants for cultivation.
Author : Vincent Carruthers
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775844648
A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted fi eld companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for most groups. The chapters are colour-coded for easy reference, and diagnostic features appear in bold type within the descriptions. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field. All the main plant and animal groups are covered: Lower invertebrates, Spiders and other arachnids, Insects, Freshwater fishes, Frogs, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Grasses, sedges, ferns and fungi, Wild flowers, Trees
Author : John Manning
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781431702619
Sasol First Field Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa is a fascinating guide to the succulents of the region. Full-colour photographs, distribution maps and easy-to-read text will help the beginner and budding naturalist to identify the more common succulents found in southern Africa, discover where they occur and learn about their unique features.
Author : Braam van Wyk
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781775841043
This comprehensively updated and expanded edition of the region’s best-selling field guide to trees offers much, much more than the highly successful first edition. Fully updated text (including additional species entries) and distribution maps, numerous new photographs and a new 87-page section of full-tree photographs makes this well-loved guide even more indispensable in the field. Southern Africa has a rich variety of tree species, with an estimated 2 100 indigenous species and more than 100 naturalised aliens. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa describes and illustrates more than 1 000 of these, focusing on trees that are the most common and most likely to be encountered. Species are logically arranged in 43 groups based on easy-to-observe leaf and stem features, and each account is illustrated by full-colour photographs of the plant’s diagnostic parts. The text also touches on the practical uses of the plants.
Author : John Manning
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1492 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781920544867
Field Guide to Wildflowers of South Africa describes more than 1 100 of the shrubs and herbs of the region, highlighting the most conspicuous species and those most likely to be encountered across the country. The emphasis is on identifying plants progressively to family, genus and species level: a novel identification aid and easy-to-use keys guide users to the correct family and genus, while individual species descriptions, accompanied by a clear photograph, distribution map and an indication of flowering season, help them to pinpoint the plant. By using the guide, wild-flower enthusiasts at all levels will now be able to accurately identify plants in any part of South africa.
Author : Ernst J. Van Jaarsveld,Ben-Erik Van Wyk,Gideon Smith
Publisher : Sunbird Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Succulent plants
ISBN : 1919938249
South Africa is broken down into 16 main regions and each region is accompanied by a map of the area as well as a concise description of the succulents to be found there, along with photographs of the region's typical landscapes. The succulents are illustrated by means of Elizabeth Bodley's beautiful and accurate illustrations, together with a number of photographic plates which enable the reader to easily identify the species concerned. Contributions from other experts in the field ensure that this is a most comprehensive field guide.
Author : John C. Manning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Succulent plants
ISBN : 1775846334
Author : Doreen Court
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9058093239
This practical guide describes the stage by stage development of a new method for predicting the penetration rate (PR) and the advance rate (AR) for tunnel boring machines based on an expanded version of the Q-value, Qtbm.The book also looks at logging methods and tunnel support design.
Author : Estrela Figueiredo
Publisher : Field Guides
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 177584367X
Southern Africa is the natural home of the richest and most diverse succulent flora in the world. These plants come in all shapes and sizes, from trees, such as the baobab at more than 20 m tall, to miniature soil huggers, just a few millimetres high, which mimic their pebble-desert surroundings. This user-friendly field guide features more than 700 southern African succulents, focusing on the most interesting and commonly encountered species. An introduction to families and their key features will help readers identify the relevant group, and concise accounts describing the plants' diagnostic features will enable quick identification of species. Entries are well supported by colour photographs and distribution maps. More than just an ID guide for plant lovers, this book will inspire gardeners and landscapers in search of low-maintenance, waterwise solutions for cultivation.
Author : Gideon Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029309635
This complete list of Southern African succulent plant names contains 4674 taxa from 350 genera and 58 plant families. For each family where succulence occurs an introduction and a bibliography is given and a distribution map for the family in Southern Africa is supplied. The list of taxa is ordered alphabetically for the relevant genera and at least one line drawing per family by a well-known botanical artist is included.
Author : J. D. Skinner,Christian T. Chimimba
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107394056
This comprehensive volume covers all mammals that occur naturally on the African mainland south of the Cunene and Zambezi rivers, and also in the subregion's coastal waters. Extensively revised and updated for the new edition, it now includes the latest data from from mammal research in southern Africa along with the radical taxonomic changes across all levels of mammalian classification. Containing contributions from specialists on each mammalian order, each species description has been reviewed by a range of independent and internationally recognised authorities. Along with the latest taxonomic information, the distribution maps and illustrations have been updated and redrawn, several new colour plates have been added, and the whole design has been enhanced to aid access to key information. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of southern-African mammals and forms an essential reference for zoologists, evolutionary biologists and anyone wanting an overview of the region's wildlife.
Author : Rod Saunders,Rachel Saunders,Fiona Ross
Publisher : Struik Nature Field Guides
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775847616
Gladioli are showy bulbous plants that fall within the Iris family, and the bulk of species are endemic to South Africa. This comprehensive guide, lavishly illustrated with more than 1,100 full-color photographs, covers the 166 Gladiolus species known to occur in the region.
Author : Mike Picker
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1007 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781920572259
This is the first comprehensive field guide to the insect fauna of South Africa, with detailed descriptions of over 1 200 of the most common, most economically and ecologically important, and most interesting and attractive insects in the region. The easy-to-read text is matched with superb photography. Each account covers identification, biology, distribution and related species, and is accompanied by a colour photograph of the species or family.
