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<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=640481216-30092008>XID Services has released the 1,200
Weeds of the 48 States and Adjacent Canada DVD. This is the follow-up to
the highly successful 1,000 Weeds of North America CD and is the most
comprehensive weed identification database ever produced. It includes an
interactive key with a graphical user interface, illustrated glossary, and
county level distribution maps (courtesy of BONAP). </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=640481216-30092008>For more information see: <A
href="http://www.xidservices.com">www.xidservices.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=640481216-30092008>The two volume Weeds of California and
other Western States is the most comprehensive print-media regional weed
reference available and has application to a much larger area than the title
would suggest. </SPAN></FONT><FONT><SPAN class=640481216-30092008>Of the
812 species 365 occur in Kansas, 347 in Maine, and 346 in Florida. Aquatic
and Riparian Weeds of the West is also an excellent reference for wetland
species.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=640481216-30092008>For more information see: <A
href="http://www.calweeds.com">www.calweeds.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=640481216-30092008>Flora ID Northwest has
produced comprehensive illustrated keys to ALL native and
naturalized plants in <SPAN
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Oregon, California<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">, </SPAN>Idaho,
Nevada<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">, </SPAN>Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, and
Wisconsin as well as the Canadian provinces of <SPAN
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Columbia, Alberta<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">,
</SPAN>Saskatchewan<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">, and
</SPAN>Manitoba.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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more information contact the author, Bruce Barnes <A
href="mailto:flora@uci.net">flora@uci.net</A> 541 276
5547</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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for the long-awaited upcoming release of the new Floristic Synthesis by
BONAP. Check out the site at <A
href="http://www.bonap.org">www.bonap.org</A> to see a sample of the county
level distribution maps, taxonomic and nomenclatural updates, and 13,000
spectacular plant images by renowned photographer Jessie Harris (the first
of 250,000 images in the Synthesis collection).
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