Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota: The Complete Guide to Species Identification

"Welby Smith has followed up on his wonderful Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota and created another gem with Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota. Smith takes the intimidating world of rushes and sedges and chronicles them in an easy-to-use field guide and resource that is the first of its kind for the state. This is a magnificent resource that will no doubt by used by botanists, naturalists, interpreters, and nature enthusiasts for generations to come."—Bryan Wood, Executive Director, Audubon Center of the North Woods "This hefty volume brings care and expertise to a regional plant species study."—ARBAonline   "Any reader who picks up this guide will be consumed with the rare and curious disease of sedge fever, in which sufferers are compelled to know and key out all the rushes and sedges, even those without edges."—CHOICE   "If you are looking at a plant catalogue trying to decide which sedge to add to your yard, you can use this book to find the plant’s distribution and habitat."—The Trumpeter   "Overall, this book provides an excellent, user-friendly guide to the sedges and rushes of Minnesota. I recommend it highly to all field biologists involved in botanical inventories in the central part of the continent, and to students of these two families in general."—The Canadian Field-Naturalist   "This book is thoroughly referenced, clearly written, and beautifully illustrated. Professional botanists throughout Minnesota and the Midwest will definitely want to have this book in their field pack or on their shelf."—The Great Lakes Botanist   "The individual accounts are thorough, accurate and include good field characters that are useful in separating the species covered with others it could be confused with."—Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas