This elegant and easy-to-use guide is an updated and amended revision of Lauren Brown's seminal Grasses: An Identification Guide, which was first published in 1979. While maintaining the spirit and goals of the original edition--a portable, straightforward, and user-friendly guide for naturalists and plant enthusiasts--the new edition features more than one hundred grasses, sedges, and rushes that are presented with line drawings and color photographs,...

"Learn to identify birds in Pennsylvania, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This book features 123 species of Pennsylvania birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don't know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out."--from Amazon.com....

"A reference and identification guide to 1300 of the world?s most significant trees. This beautifully illustrated volume, substantially updated for this new large-format edition, is the ultimate reference guide to more than 1300 of the most spectacular, best-loved and unusual trees across the globe, from the huge redwoods of California to the banyan trees of south-east Asia. A comprehensive introduction looks at the origins of trees, how they have...

"Make bird-watching in Maryland and Delaware even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This handy book features 148 species of Maryland and Delaware birds-including Washington, D.C., and the Chesapeake Bay-organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you'll see...

"A comprehensive reference to butterflies, moths and skippers, with a natural history introduction and over 750 images, in a sumptuous new edition." -- ONIX annotation.

"Updated guide to birds in North America, for kids"--

"Updated for the first time in decades, this unparalleled reference work is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the mushrooms of North America, reflecting the impact of climate change and the advancements in DNA sequencing that have radically altered the classification process-from the creators of the world's most trusted field guides, a go-to source for millions of nature lovers. This volume is the result of a collaboration among leading...

In this installment of the SSCP Cert Prep series, learn about the objectives of Risk Identification, Monitoring, and Analysis—the third domain of the SSCP exam. Jump start your career in IT by earning the (ISC)2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification. In this installment of the SSCP Cert Prep series, instructor Mike Chapple covers the objectives of Risk Identification, Monitoring, and Analysis, the third domain of the SSCP...