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; Book Review A lARD DwiGHT PoRCHER and DouGLAs Alan Rayner. 2001. Guide to the Wild- flowers of South Carolina. (ISBN 1-57003-437-0, hbk,). University of South Carolina, 718 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A. (Orders: 800-768- 800-768-0740 numerous 2500, fax). $49.95, 551 11 figures, color pho- pp, 7" X 10 1/4". tos, commum- and plant impliedbythetitle- and accompa- 1 the selection.! brief title s m jmmunities South axonomy, com- plant ally as supplemented t n of South Carolina" Dee" (Porcher 1995) =• of the chapters con- Groups history of Selected of Vascular Plants (i woody sonous plants, vines, epiphytic, saprophyt opics on Natural History and Ecology (including 'Succession in Natural Conrimunities,' e South Carolina Landscape, Carolina Bays of the Coastal Plain, 'Reproductive Strategies ar Plants,' 'Economic and Cultural Notes,' 'Longleaf Pine and the Naval Stores Industry,' are and Forestry: Effects on South Carolina's Physical Landscape,' and 'Marshes, Swamps, and Bogs, Fens' ;, The Coastal Plain. The Maritime Strand; numerous subdivisions in each category) ,, ch the preceding chat want then, lor thos ing to walk through th. real thing, various natural area pre:serves, State Pari ;e z and National[Forest fied and discussed under individ ual counties) and nher Indices "end" pieces (including k eys to selected plant groups, a guid( to South Carolii c ; common md :names,anda"genei herbaria, refe:rences. scientific al index") £ m register only a single objection--if one is try'ingtomatchaplam hand with a photo in the hoc I = an mordinate of page-fl ipping may be required. The phcOlographs and brief notes on inc : arranged are first me. Even with ;ommunit) species of a single family are no grouped toget her. This objectio ^ t however, must shows personal mine Img bias of the earlier S. I 1
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