Catalog Search Results
Author
Formats
Description
"This is the book for anyone who walks in the woods and would like to learn how to identify just the 29 edible mushrooms they're likely to come across. With Frank Hyman's expert advice and easy-to-follow guidelines, readers will be confident in identifying which mushrooms they can safely eat and which ones they should definitely avoid"--
Author
Formats
Description
" ... a complete guide to attracting, understanding, and protecting hummingbirds."--
Shewey shares facts, tips, and ecological information that will help readers attract, understand, protect hummingbirds. From advice on feeders to planing and landscaping that will have your garden whirring with tiny wings, he provides all you need to know to entice these delightful creatures. An identification guide with details on plumage variations includes range...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson's birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and the Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds in one volume, filled with accessible, concise information and including almost three hours of video podcasts to make bird watching even easier.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"Mushrooms of the Southeast is a compact, beautifully illustrated guide packed with descriptions and photographs of more than 400 of the region's most important mushrooms. The geographic range covered by the book includes northern Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. In addition to profiles on individual species, the book also...
Author
Series
Princeton field guides volume 154
Formats
Description
"Of the more than 49,000 species of spider worldwide, some 4,000 are in North America. Spiders of North America explores more than 500 of the most common and interesting spiders found in this region of the world. This richly illustrated guide begins with an overview of spiders--what they are exactly, how they can be found, how they develop, and why they are important. The book features information on all the major spider guilds: sensing web weavers,...
Author
Formats
Description
Agile, sleek, and precise, sharks display many qualities we can admire and appreciate. These marvels of evolution have adapted to thrive in every major aquatic realm on the planet, from frigid Arctic waters through temperate but stormy seas and on into the tropics. However, few places on Earth are home to the amazing diversity of shark species that beautify the shallow waters of Florida and the Bahamas. In this first-ever book dedicated to the sharks...
Author
Series
Peterson field guide volume 7
Description
Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.
Author
Formats
Description
"A Kid's Guide to Backyard Birds is filled with fascinating facts about the United States' most common birds, including where they live, what they eat, and how they sound when they sing! How did the Brown-Headed Cowbird get its name? and which bird can fly up to 40 miles per hour? Packed with over 80 full-color, gorgeous illustrations, this portable field guide will have burgeoning bird lovers excited about exploring the amazing world just outside...
Author
Formats
Description
"How to Forage for Wild Foods without Dying is a book for anyone who likes to go on nature walks and would like to learn about the edible plants they're most likely to come across-no matter what region they're in. Author Ellen Zachos shares her considerable expertise, acquired over decades of foraging in every part of North America. She offers clear, concise descriptions of edible wild plants, in addition to any potential lookalikes, as well as critical...
12) Mushrooming: an illustrated guide to the fantastic, delicious, deadly, and strange world of fungi
Author
Formats
Description
"A vibrant, illustrated guide to over 100 common and charismatic mushrooms, with storytelling that explores the connection between humans, fungi, and art"--
From Artist's conk to Yellow Swamp Brittlegill, Borsata provides an illustrated guide to over 100 types of mushrooms. In addition to helping readers identify the diversity of fungi flourishing all around us, she provides insights and stories that will spark your curiosity and deepen your appreciation...
Author
Series
Description
"A field guide to the weather, including clouds, storm systems, and climate change. A resource for those intrigued by events in the sky--clouds, precipitation, storms, aurora, halos--and for those who follow daily weather events. Using a nontechnical approach, the authors describe the flow of energy and moisture through global and local landscapes and how they evolve into day-to-day weather. For those fascinated by the sky's colors and patterns, there...
14) Foraging wild edible plants of North America: more than 150 delicious recipes using nature's edibles
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"A full-color field and feast guide with images of the most common edible wild plants, complete with recipes and folklore"--
Description
Covers 120 species of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and sea lions. Information about each species covers every aspect of the animal's anatomy, life cycle, and behavior. The guide delineates evolution, worldwide population, migratory routes, and habitats, and describes feeding habits, vocalizations, social organization, surface behavior, and threats to and chances for survival. The text for each animal is accompanied by up to three richly detailed...
Author
Formats
Description
"Prepare for worst-case scenarios whatever your living space. Our comfortable urban lives can be disrupted at a moment's notice. Whether by global disasters such as pandemic or war, or local catastrophes such as wildfires, floods or supply issues; you need to know how to respond to a variety of emergencies. Jim Cobb, an authority on disaster readiness, introduces you to techniques and strategies to prepare your home and loved ones. These simple measures--designed...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Alachua County Library District can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Suggest Materials Service. Submit Request