Books, guides and journals on our ecologists' reading lists.
Books and guides
Journals
BOOKS AND GUIDES
Britton NL and HA Brown.1970. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition, Vol. I. New York: Dover Publications Inc.
Britton NL and HA Brown. 1970. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition, Vol. II. New York: Dover Publications Inc.
Britton NL and HA Brown.1970. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition, Vol. III. New York: Dover Publications Inc.
Cairns J, ed. 1995. Rehabilitating Damaged Ecosystems. CRC Press/Lewis Publishers.
Chase A. 1964. The First Book of Grasses. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Coffin BA and LA. Pfannmuller. 1998. Minnesota's endangered flora and fauna. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Courtney B and JA Zimmerman. 1978. Wildflowers and Weeds. New York: Prentice Hall Press.
Eggers SD and DM Reed. 1987. Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Saint Paul.
Fassett NC.1976. Spring Flora of Wisconsin. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press Ltd.
Fernald ML.1987. Gray's Manual of Botany. Portland: Dioscorides Press.
Fuge EF, ed. 2000. Going Native: A Prairie Restoration Handbook for Minnesota Landowners. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul.
Ferris-Kaan R, ed. 1995. The Ecology of Woodland Creation. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Green JC. 1995. Birds and Forests. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul.
Harlow WM. 1959. Fruit Key & Twig Key to Trees & Shrubs. New York: Dover Publications Inc.
Harper-Lore B, ed. 1999. Roadside Use of Native Plants. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
Henderson CL, CJ Dindorf and FJ Rozumalski. 1998. Lakescaping for Wildlife and Water Quality. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul.
Henderson CL. 1987. Lakescaping for Wildlife. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul.
Jackson L. 1997. Prairie Seedlings Illustrated: An Identification Guide. Cedar Falls: University of Northern Iowa.
Kurtz C. 2001. A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
Ladd D and F Oberle. 1995. Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers: A Field Guide. Falcon Press Inc.
Little EL. 1980. Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees, Eastern Region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
McGregor RL. 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. Ames: The Iowa State University Press.
McGregor RL. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 1999. A Guide to Minnesota's Scientific and Natural Areas, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul.
Muenscher WC. 1975. Keys to Woody Plants. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Nagel HG and V Plambeck. 1998. The Loess Hills Prairies of Central Nebraska. Kearney: University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Neiring WA. 1979. Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Ownbey GB and T Morley. 1991. Vascular Plants of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Packard S and CF Mutel. 1997. The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies, Savannas and Woodlands. Island Press.
Peterson RT. 1980. A Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Pilarski M, ed. Restoration Forestry: An International Guide to Sustainable Forestry Practices. Kivaki Press.
Rock HW. 1981. Prairie Propagation Handbook. Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture.
Runkel ST and DM Roosa. 1989. Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest. Ames: The Iowa State University Press.
Sather N. 1993. Leedy's Roseroot. Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Minneapolis.
Sather N. 1990. Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily. Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Minneapolis.
Sather N. 1989. Prairie Bush Clover. Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Minneapolis.
Sather N. 1991. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid. Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Minneapolis.
Sauer L. 1998. The Once and Future Forest: A Guide to Forest Restoration Strategies. Covelo, Calif.: Andropongon Associates/Island Press.
Schuster JP and SB Hansen. 1990. Minnesota Native Plant Society Guide to Spring Wildflower Areas in the Twin Cities Region. Minnesota Native Plant Society, Saint Paul.
Schwartz MW. 1997. Conservation in Highly Fragmented Landscapes. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Shirley S. 1994. Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
Shubat D and G Walton. 1997. Rare Plants of Minnesota's Arrowhead. Olga Lakela Herbarium, University of Minnesota - Duluth.
Steffek EF. 1963. Wildflowers and How to Grow Them. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Sullivan GA and RH Daley. 1981. Directory to Resources on Wildflower Propagation. John S. Swift Co. Inc.
Tester JR. 1995. Minnesota's Natural Heritage. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Tryon RM. 1980. Ferns of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Vance FR, JR Jowsey and JS McLean. 1984. Wildflowers of the Northern Great Plains. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Watts MT. 1975. Reading the Landscape of America. New York: McMillan Publishing Co. Inc.
Wovcha DS, BC Delaney and GE Nordquist. 1995. Minnesota's St. Croix River Valley and Anoka Sandplain - A Guide to Native Habitats. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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