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Taylor, Walter Kingsley was born on November 12, 1939 in Calhoun, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ree M. and Opal (Rightmyer) Taylor.
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Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities
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"This is the first photographic identification guide to have an extensive discussion of plant communities and to organize plants by plant community . . . of interest to anyone desiring to identify Florida flowering plants--individuals who enjoy the outdoors, amateur naturalists, teachers, students, and professional biologists."--Walter Judd, University of Florida Walter Taylor's guide will help readers recognize and identify wildflowers in a different way, not principally by their color or family group, but by where they’re most likely to be found growing--their natural habitat. This book is the first of its kind for Florida. Taylor provides detailed descriptions and color photos of each community--pine flatwoods, sandhills, upland pine forest, scrub, temperate hardwood forest, coastal uplands, subtropical pine forest, tropical hardwood hammock, and ruderal sites--and of the wildflower species associated with each. For each flower, he provides the scientific and common names, a brief description, flowering time, habitats, geographical range, color photo, and miscellaneous comments. While most of the flowers are herbaceous, Taylor also includes characteristic woody types. He makes special mention of endangered or threatened species and species of special concern. The guide includes a number of limited-distributed species that have never been published in a book of this type. With individual photos (taken in the field) of more than 450 wildflower species, the most accurate range information available, and organization by ecological community, Taylor's guide aids not only in wildflower identification, but also in appreciation of the Florida landscapes that support them. By linking flowers with their natural habitats, it highlights the need to protect these ecologically unique communities to ensure survival of the wildflowers themselves. In addition, it offers a new resource for gardeners interested in planting native species. Walter Kingsley Taylor is professor of biology at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, and the author of The Guide to Florida Wildflowers. He has lived in Florida for thirty years.
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Florida Wildflowers: A Comprehensive Guide
(Walter Kingsley Taylor's Florida Wildflowers in their Nat...)
Walter Kingsley Taylor's Florida Wildflowers in their Natural Communities was wildly praised for its beauty, ease of use, and unique organisational structure: plants were described in the context of where they grow, making identification much simpler--and more rewarding--for the casual hiker or wildflower enthusiast. Vastly expanded and updated with new taxonomy, this new book provides detailed information on more than 450 species included in the earlier edition and nearly doubles the number of species included by expanding coverage into wetlands.
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By Walter Kingsley Taylor - The Guide to Florida Wildflowers (1992-04-16) Hardcover
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Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities Paperback January 14, 1999
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Florida Wildflowers: A Comprehensive Guide by Taylor, Walter Kingsley (2013) Paperback
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The Guide to Florida Wildflowers
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A comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the most important wildflowers in the state. Includes detailed descriptions and full-color photos of more than 500 wildflowers, a glossary of botanical terms, and 25 botanical illustrations.
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Walter Kingsley Taylor
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Doctor of Philosophy, Arizona State University, 1967.
Career
Assistant professor biology Florida Technological University, Orlando, 1969-1971. Associate professor biology University Central Florida, 1971-1982, professor biology, since 1983, associate chair department biology, since 1997. Consultant Modica & Associates, Clermont, Florida, since 1990.
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Florida Wildflowers: A Comprehensive Guide
(Walter Kingsley Taylor's Florida Wildflowers in their Nat...)
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Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities
( "This is the first photographic identification guide to...)
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The Guide to Florida Wildflowers
(A comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the most importa...)
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Florida Wildflowers: A Comprehensive Guide by Taylor, Walter Kingsley (2013) Paperback
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- By Walter Kingsley Taylor - The Guide to Florida Wildflowers (1992-04-16) Hardcover
- Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities Paperback January 14, 1999
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Florida Wildflowers: A Comprehensive Guide
Membership
Member staff United Methodist Church of Florida Boy Scouts American, Winter Park, Florida, 1989-1999. Captain United States Army, 1967-1969. Member American Ornithologists Union, Wilson Ornithological Society (life).
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Married Karin L. Satter, January 8, 1945. 1 child, Anna.
Education
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1967
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Recipient God and Service award Boy Scouts American, 1997, First Place Literature award Florida Space Coast Writers Conference, 1987, Green Palmetto award for education Florida Native Plant Society, 2000.Recipient God and Service award Boy Scouts American, 1997, First Place Literature award Florida Space Coast Writers Conference, 1987, Green Palmetto award for education Florida Native Plant Society, 2000.