{"id":3552,"date":"2012-04-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/botany-a-to-z-field-guides\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:26:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:26:28","slug":"botany-a-to-z-field-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2012\/04\/11\/botany-a-to-z-field-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"Botany A to Z: Field Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Karin Decker<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nis for field guide.<\/span><\/div>\n
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First law of botanizing (really, all field work): You can never have too many field guides<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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\nA very small sample of guides used in Colorado.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nIt\u2019s a safe bet that most CNHP employees have, at any one time, dozens of field guides, keys, floras, and other helpful books for identifying plants and animals, in their office, their vehicle, or their backpack. Heck, a lot of us own six or seven different versions of the same guide. Because, well…they don’t last forever:<\/div>\n
\nWhich leads to the Second law: Use them<\/b>.<\/div>\n
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\nStaff submitted samples of some of their most used current guides:<\/div>\n
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\nZoologist Rob Schorr – Rob says he chiseled a copy of the vegetation guide onto granite tablets to replace his beat-up field copy (would that make it a Xerocks copy?).<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nBotanist Susan Spackman-Panjabi \u2013 Susan\u2019s Colorado Flora (known to botanists as \u201cWeber\u201d) has a classic modification for field use \u2013 spiral binding. Four-wheel drive not included.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nBotanist Bernadette Kuhn \u2013 Bernadette thinks she lags behind because she hasn\u2019t been doing field work as long as some of us \u2013  looks like she will catch up in no time.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nEcologist Denise Culver \u2013 Denise wins the prize for most field guides missing covers<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nDirector Dave Anderson \u2013 Dave has a serious contender for most mileage on a Weber.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nBotanist Pam Smith \u2013 Pam’s is on the right – with a completely pristine, never-been-outdoors copy on the left for comparison.  Pam gets my vote as the current champion for most heavily used guide.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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