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Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas J. Elpel
Publisher: HOPS Press, LLC
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 10998
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 221
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1892784157
Dewey Decimal Number: 581.023
EAN: 9781892784155
ASIN: 1892784157
Publication Date: January 2004
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Product Description
Looking for a faster, easier, and fun way to identify plants? Botany in a Day teaches you the patterns method of plant identification, so that you can discover the wonderful world of plants around you, wherever you go. Instead of trying to identify plants one-at-a-time, Botany in a Day give you a way to learn them by the hundreds, based on the principle that related plants have similar patterns for indentification, and they often have similar uses. The one-day tutorial included in the text teaches you seven key patterns to recognize more than 45,000 species of plants worldwide. Master these seven patterns and you will be ready to use the included reference guide--Thomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families of North America. Here you will find the patterns for indentification and the patterns of uses for the majority of plants across the continent. Botany in a Day is used as a guide by thousands of individuals, plus herbal schools and universities across North America.
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 Botany in a Day October 4, 2008
Great way to learn how to identify genus, family, species, etc. of plants in an easy-to-read manner.
 excellent resource August 12, 2008
My most used book til now has been Audubon Sociey Field Guide to North American Flowers - it lists color pics by color then shape and saves time in honing in on identification. However, there are many wildflowers that do not appear there and this is where Botany in a Day is a great help. You learn to identify plants by family so you are at least in the same family, and possibly sub family or tribe. My previous color picture herb identification is validated for more certainty by reading more about the plant's qualities. Some plants I have found this way, and even if a herb is not identified, I have a pretty good idea what it does based on the family. I enjoy my morning herb tea sitting outside and getting more familiar with the plants and their families - they are my neighbors and dear ones at that. Furthermore, the book describes some of the medicinal benefits and cites some research on those benefits. It is an excellent resource guide, teaching by learning plant-family patterns.
 Botany Review August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is one for the field botanist, but as far as it's promises of learning 43,000 plants quickly and easily it is misleading. It is a cumbersome process for the amateur field botanist. For the seasoned botanist there are errors that taint the qualifications of the author. That said, it makes a good addition to the well-stocked field botany library. It's approach using families for identification makes it useful.
Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification July 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've had a life long interest in plants--this book is very helpful in tying it all together and helping me to understand the plant families better. Very readable.
Makes a great first book on the subject November 23, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book ranks with such classics of plant indentification as Agnes Chase's A First Book of Grasses, or Donald Culross Peattie's books on tree indentification. Taking a bird's-eye view and then drilling down from there, it provides an overview of plant structure and evolution as well as many technical details relating to the structure and identification of plants. This would make an excellent first book for anyone wanting to know more about the subject. After this, you can try some of the more detailed field manuals and then try to get your feet wet with some of the real taxonomic keys. These require some knowledge of plant anatomy, but there's nothing that difficult about that, except that having a good memory is a help. But really, it doesn't take that much smarts and anyone can learn to identify the most common trees, flowers, and even fungi in their area with a little time and patience.
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