This edition in the A Brief Guide to Identifying Chinese Plants series mainly introduces
characteristic plants urban greening plants commonly seen wild plants and rare protected
plants from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. It providesdescriptions of the plants' defining
characteristics as well as interesting stories related to these plants and there are even
excellent photos paired with introduc tions to help readers see the unique beauty of the plants
being described. The majority of the plants in the book are easily spotted distinctive of
specific regions and intimately related to people. There are also a number of rare endangered
plants detailed that are in need of protection measures. The types of plants touched on are
many the content-rich and the production quali ty is beautiful to look at. This book can help
increase people's awareness of environmental protec tion concerns and it can also deepen
people's sense of the world's beauty.
