Common mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians / Karl B McKnight [and others].

Contributor(s):

McKnight, Karl B

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Princeton field guidesPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1400845882
9781400845880

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

588/.2 23

LOC classification:

QK541.5.A67

Online resources:

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Contents:

How to look at a moss -- Collecting mosses -- How to make a moss collection packet -- What are mosses? -- Basic anatomy of moss -- Life history of mosses -- What good are mosses? -- How to use the identification keys -- Naming mosses.

Awards:

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2014

Summary: This is the first book to help general readers recognize 200 common mosses of the Northeast and the Appalachian Mountains. With just this field guide, a hand lens, and a spray bottle--no microscopes necessary--readers will be able to identify and name many of the common species of mosses growing in the region's backyards, parks, forests, wetlands, and mountains. At the heart of this guide is an innovative, color-tabbed system that helps readers pick out small groups of similar species. Illustrated identification keys, colorful habitat and leaf photos, more than 600 detailed line drawings, a.

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Includes index.

This is the first book to help general readers recognize 200 common mosses of the Northeast and the Appalachian Mountains. With just this field guide, a hand lens, and a spray bottle--no microscopes necessary--readers will be able to identify and name many of the common species of mosses growing in the region's backyards, parks, forests, wetlands, and mountains. At the heart of this guide is an innovative, color-tabbed system that helps readers pick out small groups of similar species. Illustrated identification keys, colorful habitat and leaf photos, more than 600 detailed line drawings, a.

In English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2014

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