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Grasses

A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction by Carl Kurtz click to enlarge

A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction

Carl Kurtz
Twenty-five years and many acres after planting his first patch of prairie flowers, naturalist and photographer Carl Kurtz is recognized by many as one of the deans of the great prairie revival.

In A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction, Kurtz outlines the procedures and problems involved in reintroducing tallgrass prairie to landscapes large and small, giving a formula for success for all but the most extreme conditions. In chapters on seed selection and harvest, site selection, soil preparation, seeding, postplanting mowing, burning, and growth and development, the book provides a step-by-step guide to creating a diverse and well-established prairie community.

With twenty of Kurtz's own beautiful and informative color photographs illustrating the text, this handsome guide will prove indispensable whether you are restoring your back yard or your back forty.

Paperback: 54 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.24 x 9.80 x 7.04

Publisher: University of Iowa Press; (February 15, 2001)
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$12.95
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book cover unavailable Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses

Lynn G. Clark,Richard W. Pohl  
Usually ships in 24 hours For almost seventy five years, Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses has been the classic guide to the structure of this complex... [read more]

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book cover unavailable Common Texas Grasses: An Illustrated Guide (W. L. Moody, Jr., Natural History)

Frank W. Gould  
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$16.95
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book cover unavailable Grass Productivity (Conservation Classics)

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Usually ships in 24 hours This is a prodigiously documented textbook of scientific information concerning every aspect of management 'where the cow and grass meet'. Voisin's 'rational... [read more]

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book cover unavailable Grass Scapes: Gardening with Ornamental Grasses

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Usually ships in 24 hours Expert grass breeders reveal the amazing diversity of ornamental grasses in this beautifully illustrated book. Gardeners are shown how grasses, unlike other... [read more]

$29.95
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book cover unavailable Grasses in California (California Natural History Guides)

Beecher. Crampton  
Usually ships in 24 hours Grasses have been extremely important in California, with its rolling grass-covered hills and the green-to-gold seasonal cycle of many native grasses. This... [read more]

$14.95
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book cover unavailable Grasses: An Identification Guide (Sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute)

Lauren Brown  
Usually ships in 24 hours Focusing on the color, shape, and texture of the plants, and avoiding the technicalities presented by most botanical guides, this first and... [read more]

$16.00
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book cover unavailable Grasses: Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design

Nancy J. Ondra,Saxon Holt  
Usually ships in 24 hours From spring green to winter gold, the drama of grasses is nonstop. There are the striking yellow-and-green ostrich plumes of Zebra Grass.... [read more]

$19.95
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book cover unavailable Grassland Ecophysiology and Grazing Ecology

Gilles Lemaire,J. Hodgson,A. De Moraes,C. Nabinger,P. C. De F. Carvalho,Moraes P. Cavarho  
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book cover unavailable Jerry Baker's Green Grass Magic: Tips, Tricks, and Tonics for Growing the Toe-Ticklinest Turf in Town! (Jerry Baker's Good Gardening series)

Jerry Baker  
Usually ships in 24 hours This definitive lawn-care guide provides professional secrets, seasonal tips, and recipes for homemade fertilizers to improve the attractiveness and health of grass... [read more]

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book cover unavailable Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses Sunset book

Fiona Gilsenan,Sunset Publishing  
Usually ships in 24 hours Stunning photographs, a comprehensive chart of grasses, garden designs, and step-by-step directions and ideas for stylish indoor arrangements make this book a... [read more]

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book cover unavailable Manual of the Grasses of the United States Volume 1

A. S. Hitchcock U.S. Dept. of Agriculture  
Usually ships in 24 hours Volume 1 of the basic study of American grasses, both indigenous and escapes, cultivated and wild. Over 1400 species. Full descriptions, information.... [read more]

$16.95
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book cover unavailable Meadows

Christopher Lloyd,Erica Hunningher,Jonathan Buckley  
Usually ships in 24 hours To see an unimproved meadow in bloom is a great delight – the community of flowers and grasses is rich and colourful... [read more]

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book cover unavailable Ornamental Grasses of the Southeast

Peter Loewer  
Usually ships in 24 hours Ornamental grasses have been a part of landscape design for decades, mostly in commercial landscape settings. Now, with Ornamental Grasses of the... [read more]

$22.99
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book cover unavailable Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses (Timber Press Pocket Guides)

Rick Darke  
Usually ships in 24 hours Ornamental grasses surpass all other garden plants in their luminous qualities. Their colors are softly sophisticated, varied, and subtle. They include a... [read more]

$19.95
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book cover unavailable Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses: More Than 165 of These Versatile, Low-Maintenance Plants, Pictured in Color with Full Descriptions of How to Use Them (Taylor's Gardening Guides)

Roger Holmes  
Usually ships in 24 hours Ornamental grasses are at home in a mixed border or as striking individual specimens. They adapt to a wide range of climates... [read more]

$23.00
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David Farrelly  
Usually ships in 24 hours Now available once again with a new preface by the author, The Book of Bamboo introduces us to the oldest, most remarkable... [read more]

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book cover unavailable The Scythe BookSecond Edition Mowing Hay, Cutting Weeds, and Harvesting Small Grains with Hand Tools

David Tresemer,Peter Vido  
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book cover unavailable The Turfgrass Disease Handbook

Houston B. Couch  
Usually ships in 24 hours Provides turfgrass management specialists, consultants, extension agents, and students with updated information on the nature, diagnosis, and control of each of the... [read more]

$49.00
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