New England Wildflower Society's flora novae angliae : a manual for the identification of native and naturalized higher vascular plants of New England / Arthur Haines ; illustrated by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Gordon Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haines, Arthur.

Contributor:

Farnsworth, Elizabeth.

Morrison, Gordon.

New England Wildflower Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--New England--Identification.

Plants.

Endemic plants--New England--Identification.

Endemic plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1009 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Flora novae angliae

Place of Publication:

[Framingham, Mass.] : New England Wild Flower Society ; New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 distribution of New England plants, the manual is largely dedicated to identification keys and to species entries that provide scientific name, origin, regional conservation ranking, common name, synonyms, distribution, ecology, and other miscellaneous items of interest. Nearly one-third of the entries are accompanied by helpful black-and-white line illustrations.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

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Glossary of Terminology

Key to the Families

Lycophytes

Monilophytes

Gymnosperms

Magnoliids

Monocots

Tricolpates

Literature Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 891-915) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33182-9

9786613331823

0-300-18475-1

OCLC:

761693826