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New England Wild Flower Society´s Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England
Arthur Haines
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Description for New England Wild Flower Society´s Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England
Hardback. Offers information for identifying New England's remarkable array of tracheophytes (vascular plants, excluding mosses). With fully researched entries on some 3,500 native and non-native species, this title provides a botanical reference for the region's noncultivated plants. Illustrator(s): Farnsworth, Elizabeth J.; Morrison, Gordon. Num Pages: 992 pages, 1000 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 184 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1420.
An indispensable, fully updated guide for everyone interested in identifying, studying, or conserving the flora of New England
This comprehensive manual offers accurate, up-to-date, and clear information for identifying New England's remarkable array of tracheophytes (vascular plants, excluding mosses). With fully researched entries on some 3,500 native and nonnative species, the book is the first in decades to provide a complete and correct botanical reference for the region's noncultivated plants. The volume includes many new species not documented in New England before, while also excluding many species that have erroneously appeared in earlier manuals.
Focusing on the taxonomy and ... Read more
Additional special features:
- Precise distribution information, accurate to the state level
- Details on unusual plant groups not included in other sources
- Reliable and versatile keys for identification
- Tips on recognizing hybrid plants in the field
- A companion interactive teaching Web site (under development)
- Comprehensive glossary
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1008
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300171549
SKU
V9780300171549
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-15
About Arthur Haines
Arthur Haines is research botanist, New England Wild Flower Society, and curator, Delta Institute of Natural History Herbarium. He lives in Bowdoin, ME. Elizabeth Farnsworth is senior research ecologist, New England Wild Flower Society, and a widely published scientific illustrator and writer. She lives in Royalston, MA. Gordon Morrison is a prize-winning freelance artist, writer, and naturalist and illustrator of ... Read more
Reviews for New England Wild Flower Society´s Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England
“The hefty green tome offers a complete guide for identifying upward of 3,500 native and naturalized plant species currently growing roots in six Northeastern states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)....it’s a pleasure just to page through the illustrations: black-and-white drawings that look a bit like extraterrestrial creepy-crawlies.”—Aaron Leitko, Washington Post
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