Florida has a lot going for it - and a lot of people coming to it. If almost constant sunshine weren't lure enough, 4500 miles of coastline is the clincher! Actually, the straight-line distance is about 1800 miles; some experts say the coastline is over 8000 miles if you count the coastline at every island and estuary. For millions who visit the Sunshine State each year, that means packing the fishing gear along with the suntan oil. Some fish are pretty cosmopolitan; a visiting angler might pull in a Tripletail just like the one he caught back home in Connecticut - or off the coast of Spain. But there's a good chance that the finny denizen hauled into his boat will be a breed apart from those he's used to snaring. The odds increase if he hails from South Dakota. Common names used are those approved by the American Fisheries Society. However, in some cases, local or "dockside" names have been added. Some of these are too colorful to omit, in spite of the confusion they cause. Consecutive numbers have been assigned to each fish in the text. These numbers appear on the color pages, and the color-page number is noted in the text where applicable. [Editor's Foreword]

Saltwater Florida Fishes

Science & Math

Rube Allyn

Biological Sciences

Great Outdoors Publishing Company

This is an excellent guide to the fascinating plant and animal life and the man-made attractions of the unique and beautiful Everglades. Tells the visitor "where to go, what to see, what to do" and provides an introduction to the wildlife he is likely to see during his stay. Lots of photos of sites in Everglades Park, Flamingo, Shark Valley, the Tamiami Trail, Chokoloskee Bay Area and Everglades City.

A Visitor's Guide to the Everglades

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Weber, Jeff

Gardening & Landscape Design

Where, how, when to fish, whether to bring home your dinner - or land a fighting game fish. Tackle, tides, temperature, and other factors make the difference, and knowing the optimum conditions increases your chances of success.

Saltwater Fishing

Sports & Outdoors

Anderson,Robert

Hunting & Fishing

A "beach dictionary" of seashore animals like jellyfish, barnacles, sea worms, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, starfish, crabs and seahorses. Tells where they live, what they do, what they look and taste like.

Dictionary of Seashore Life

Harris, Cricket

Nature & Ecology

Take this easy-to-tote guide along to the beach to help identify your finds among its 120 shells and assortment of other seashore creatures. Each shell is illustrated with a line drawing.

Handbook of Shells: Sea Shells of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts

Siekman, Lula

Visitors to the Southeast have always been fascinated and frightened by these "modern dragons". This book contains a wealth of facts, myths and folklore about 29 kinds crocodilians, including Florida natives the alligator and American crocodile. Best of all, this book is bursting with 'gator cartoons by the late Dick Bothwell, for many years a humor columnist for the St. Petersburg Times. His O.A.T. column ("Of All Things") was long a favorite with Times readers.

Great Outdoors Book of Alligators & Other Crocodilia

Bothwell, Dick

Add oxygen to the environment, shade to your patio, and color and beauty to your life - plant a flowering tree! Forty-eight trees are illustrated with sketches and 30 pages of colorful blossoms, original paintings by the author. Gives descriptions, history, blooming season, water, soil and temperature requirements.

Flowering Trees for Central and South Florida Gardens

Schuetz, Maxine Fortune

This old favorite has been completely revised, with many more north Florida trees and natives. It contains over 300 line illustrations of trees seen every day in Florida's roadside plantings, parks and residential gardens. You'll recognize some of the temperate-subtropical trees shown, while others may be unfamiliar.

A Book of Trees for Florida and the Subtropics

Gray, Kathleen

This common-sense guide will tell you how to make the most of water used in your home landscape. You'll have a greener, more productive yard, fewer failures, and overall much less water use. Organic gardening principles are described and recommended to protect ground water quality. An important, must-have guide for every gardener and homeowner in this thirsty state! Revised plant charts feature more native trees, shrubs, vines and groundcovers!

Xeriscaping for Florida Homes

Brandies, Monica Moran

Bring life to your garden and experience the magic of metamorphosis! This book tells you how. It describes 23 species of butterflies and shows them in color photos - adults, caterpillars and pupae, as well as dozens and dozens of larval and nectar food plants. Complete growing information is included for each plant: family, plant type, geographic region, mature size, flowering time, color, light, water and soil requirements, propogation methods and salt tolerance.

Gardening for Florida's Butterflies

Pamela F. Traas

Traas, Pamela F.

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