Wetland Plants of Ontario

Janet Arnett is the former campus manager of adult education at Ontario’s Georgian College. She is the author of Antiques and Collectibles: Starting Small, The Grange at Knock, and 673 Ways to Save Money.

Strong organization and effective use of color coding make this a very
practical field guide. It is packed with masses of information, all
easily accessible during use in the field.

Few field guides cross species and genre boundaries to group together
the various types of vegetation likely to be encountered in a specific
habitat. Rather than requiring readers to consult separate guides to
trees, flowers, etc., this handbook covers all the plant types
associated with wetlands. “Wetlands” are defined as lakes, rivers,
marshes, swamps, bogs, and fens. The vegetation covered includes trees,
shrubs, herbs and flowers, grasses, sedges, rushes, aquatic plants,
horsetails, ferns, club mosses, mosses, and liverworts (bryophytes).

While no pocket guide can be complete, the descriptions of nearly 500
species contained in this one will satisfy even the advanced, dedicated
amateur naturalist 99 percent of the time.

The volume of information is impressive: more than 450 color photos;
300 line drawings; and for each species, details of leaves, flowers,
fruits, habitat, Native and folk uses, food and medicinal properties,
and scientific and popular names.

Don’t go to the swamp without it.