Recommended Books
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We have a number of books that we recommend. Some we sell at substantial discounts from retail prices. The books are listed below and can be ordered using the order form.
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- Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie – Kindscher, Univ. Press of KS, 1987
- Faces of the Great Plains: Prairie Wildlife – Gress, Univ. Press of KS, 2003
- Field Guide to the Common Weeds of Kansas – Barkley, Univ. Press of KS, 1983
- Flora of the Great Plains – The Great Plains Flora Association, Univ. Press of KS, 1986
- Gardening in the Heartland – Snyder, Univ. Press of KS, 1991
- Growing Vegetables in the Great Plains – Thomasson, Univ. Press of KS, 1991
- Guide to Kansas Mushrooms – Horn, Kay & Abel, Univ. Press of KS, 1993
- Hiking Guide to Kansas - Hauber, Univ. Kansas Press, 1999
- Kansas Grasses – Owensby, KS Publishing Inc., 2004
- Kansas in Color – Glenn, Univ. Press of KS, 1982
- Kansas Prairie Wildflowers – Owensby, KS Publishing Inc., 2004
- Kansas Wetlands – Collins, Univ. Press of KS, 1994
- Konza Prairie – Reichman, Univ. Press of KS, 1990
- Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie – Kindscher, Univ. Press of KS, 1992
- Ozark Wildflowers: A Field Guide – Kurz, Globe Pequot Press, 1999
- Poisonous Plants of the Central United States – Stephens, Univ. Press of KS, 1982
- Prairie Birds: Fragile Splendor in the Great Plains – Johnsgard, Univ. Press of KS, 2001
- Prairie Wanderings – The Land and Creatures of the Grasslands – Jantzen, Hearth Publishing, 1993
- Roadside Kansas – Buchanan & McCauley, Univ. Press of KS, 1987
- Roadside Wildflowers of the Southern Great Plains – Freeman & Schofield, Univ. Press of KS, 1991
- Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers – Ladd & Oberle, Globe Pequot Press, 1995
- Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers 2 : A Field Guide to Common Wildflowers and Plants of the Prairie Midwest – Ladd & Oberle, Globe Pequot Press, 2005
- The Birds of Konza: The Avian Ecology of the Tallgrass Prairie – Zimmerman, Univ. Press of KS, 1993
- Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines in Kansas – Stephens, Univ. Press of KS, 1969
- Watching Kansas Wildlife – Gress & Potts, Univ. Press of KS, 1993
- Weed Seeds of the Great Plains – Davis, Univ. Press of KS, 1993
- Wildflowers & Grasses of Kansas – Haddock, Univ. Press of KS, 2005
Other Books
- 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants: For American Gardens in Temperate Zones - Johnson, Firefly Books, 1999
- A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction - Kurtz, Univ. of IA Press, 2001
- A Tallgrass Prairie Alphabet – McGehee, Univ. of IA Press, 2004
- Botany in a Day – Elpel, HOPS Press, 2004
- Field Guide to Oklahoma Plants - Tyrl, Bidwell, Masters, OK State Univ., 2002 (405-744-6414)
- Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of the United States - Knobel, Dover Publications Inc., 1981
- Field Guide to the North American Prairie – Jones & Cushman, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004
- Fragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess Hills – Mutel, Univ. of IA Press, 1989
- Gardening with Prairie Plants - Wasowski, Univ. MN Press, 2002
- Go Native!: Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest – Harstad, Indiana Univ. Press, 1999
- Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie – Knapp, Oxford Univ. Press, 1998
- Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers – Phillips, The Univ. NC Press, 1985
- Growing Native Wildflowers – Platt & Harder, Kansas Native Plant Society, 1997. To order (620) 327-8124.
- How to Identify Grasses & Grasslike Plants by Harrington, Swallow Press/Ohio Univ. Press, 1977
- Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants – Christianson, Miller & Muller, Univ. of IA Press, 1999
- Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest: An Illustrated Guide to Their Identification and Control – Czarapata, Univ. of WI Press, 2005
- Key to Missouri Trees in Winter – Cliburn, MO Dept of Conservation, 1997
- Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains: A Natural History – Johnsgard, Univ. of NE Press, 2003
- Living Landscapes of Kansas – Reichman, Univ. Press of KS, 1995
- Missouri Orchids – Summers, MO Dept of Conservation, 1997
- Missouri Wildflowers – Denison, MO Dept of Conservation, 2001
- Native Landscaping for Wildlife and People – Tylka, MO Dept of Conservation, 2002
- Native Trees for North American Landscapes: From the Atlantic to the Rockies – Sternberg & Wilson, Timber Press, 2004
- Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants – Cullina, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002
- Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities – Diekelmann & Schuster, Univ. of WI Press, 2003
- North American Wildland Plants: A Field Guide – Stubbendieck, Hatch & Landholt, Univ. of NE Press, 2003
- Prairie – A Natural History – Savage, McIntyre Publishing Group, 2004
- Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands – Collard, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005
- Prairie Directory of North America – Adelman, Lawndale Enterprises, 2001
- Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie – Johnsgard, Univ. of NE Press, 2005
- Restoring Prairie Wetlands: An Ecological Approach – Galatowitsch & Van Der Valk, Blackwell Publishing, 1998
- Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie: An Illustrated Manual for Iowa and the Upper Midwest– Shirley, Univ. of IA Press, 1994
- Shrubs and Woody Vines of Missouri – Kurz, MO Dept of Conservation, 1997
- The Elemental Prairie: Sixty Tallgrass Plants – Madson, Univ. of IA Press, 2005
- The Last Prairie: A Sandhills Journal – Jones, Univ. of NE Press, 2006
- The Nature of Nebraska: Ecology and Biodiversity – Johnsgard, Univ. of NE Press, 2001
- The Prairie Garden - Smith & Smith, Univ. WI Press, 1980 The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook - Packard & Mutel, Island Press, 2005
- This Fragile Land: A Natural History of the Nebraska Sandhills – Johnsgard, Univ. of NE Press, 1995
- Trees of Missouri – Kurz, MO Dept of Conservation, 2003
- Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region – Gilmore, Univ. of NE Press, 1991
- Valley of Grass: Tallgrass Prairie and Parkland of the Red River Valley – Chapman, Fischer & Ziegenhagen, North Star Press of Saint Cloud, 1998
- Water Plants for Missouri Ponds – Whitley, MO Dept of Conservation, 1990
- Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie – Madson, Univ. of IA Press, 2004
- Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands – Runkel & Roosa, Blackwell Publishing, 1999
