Plants of Pennsylvania An Illustrated Manual

Name: Plants of Pennsylvania An Illustrated Manual
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ISBN: 9780812240030

ISBN-10: 0812240030

ISBN-13: 9780812240030

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Ann Fowler Rhoads, Timothy A. Block, Anna Anisko

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Pennsylvania, a state of diverse geography and geology, is rich in flora. The second edition of The Plants of Pennsylvania identifies the nearly 3,400 species of trees, wildflowers, ferns, grasses, sedges, aquatic plants, and weeds native or naturalized in the Commonwealth.Retaining the clearly written identification keys and descriptions that made the first edition such an essential reference, this new edition has been reorganized to reflect recent advances in our understanding of plant relationships. Families and genera are listed in a sequence determined by current studies of plant molecular genetics, thus providing new insights for the study of botany. In addition, species have been…

Book details

List price: $79.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 8/8/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1056
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 4.576
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction


How to Use the Manual


Symbols and Abbreviations


Collecting and Preserving Plant Specimens


Brief Floristic Description of Pennsylvania


Endangered and Threatened Species Programs


General Keys to Families


Master key


Sectional keys


Spore-bearing Vascular Plants


Gymnosperms


Basal Angiosperms


Monocots


Ceratophyllales


Magnoliids


Dicots


Glossary


Bibliography


Index