A field guide to the natural communities of Michigan / Joshua G. Cohen [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Joshua G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotic communities--Michigan.

Biotic communities.

Michigan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Overview: The culmination of three decades of work by Michigan Natural Features Inventory ecologists, this essential guidebook to the natural communities of Michigan introduces the diverse terrain of a unique state. Small enough to carry in a backpack, this field guide provides a system for dividing the complex natural landscape of Michigan into easily understood and describable components called natural communities. Providing a new way to explore Michigan's many environments, this book details natural communities ranging from patterned fen to volcanic bedrock glade and beyond. The descriptions are supplemented with distribution maps, vibrant photographs, and comprehensive lists of characteristic plant species. The authors suggest places to visit to further study each type of natural community and provide a comprehensive glossary of ecological terms, as well as a dichotomous key for aiding field identification. An invaluable resource, this book is meant to serve as a tool for those seeking to understand, describe, document, conserve, and restore the diversity of natural communities native to Michigan.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Table 1: Natural Community Types by Ecological Class and Group

Table 2: Natural Community State Ranks

Table 3: Soil pH Ranges

Key to the natural community

Types of Michigan

Palustrine Class:

Marsh Group:

Submergent Marsh

Emergent Marsh

Great Lakes Marsh

Inland Salt Marsh

Coastal Plain Marsh

Intermittent Wetland

Northern Wet Meadow

Southern Wet Meadow

Interdunal Wetland

Wet Prairie Group:

Wet Prairie

Wet-mesic Prairie

Wet-mesic Sand Prairie

Lakeplain Wet Prairie

Lakeplain Wet-mesic Prairie

Fen Group:

Poor Fen

Patterned Fen

Northern Fen

Prairie Fen

Coastal Fen

Bog Group:

Bog

Muskeg

Shrub Wetland Group:

Inundated Shrub Swamp

Northern Shrub Thicket

Southern Shrub-Carr

Forested Wetland Group:

Poor Conifer Swamp

Rich Conifer Swamp

Rich Tamarack Swamp

Hardwood-Conifer Swamp

Floodplain Forest

Northern Hardwood Swamp

Southern Hardwood Swamp

Wet-mesic Flatwoods

Terrestrial Class:

Prairie Group:

Hillside Prairie

Dry Sand Prairie

Dry-mesic Prairie

Mesic Prairie

Mesic Sand Prairie

Savanna Group:

Pine Barrens

Oak-Pine Barrens

Oak Barrens

Oak Openings

Lakeplain Oak Openings

Bur Oak Plains

Forest Group:

Dry Northern Forest

Dry-mesic Northern Forest

Mesic Northern Forest

Boreal Forest

Dry Southern Forest

Dry-mesic Southern Forest

Mesic Southern Forest

Palustrine/Terrestrial Class:

Wooded Dune & Swale Group:

Wooded Dune & Swale complex

Primary Class:

Dunes Group:

Open Dunes

Great Lakes Barrens

Sand/Cobble Shore Group:

Sand & Gravel Beach

Limestone Cobble Shore

Sandstone Cobble Shore

Volcanic Cobble Shore

Bedrock Lakeshore Group:

Limestone Bedrock Lakeshore

Sandstone Bedrock Lakeshore

Granite Bedrock Lakeshore

Volcanic Bedrock Lakeshore

Bedrock Grassland Group:

Alvar

Bedrock Glade Group:

Limestone Bedrock Glade

Granite Bedrock Glade

Volcanic Bedrock Glade

Northern Bald

Lakeshore Cliff/Bluff Group:

Clay Bluff

Limestone Lakeshore Cliff

Sandstone Lakeshore Cliff

Granite Lakeshore Cliff

Volcanic Lakeshore Cliff

Inland Cliff Group:

Limestone Cliff

Sandstone Cliff

Granite Cliff

Volcanic Cliff

Subterranean/Sink Class:

Karst Group:

Cave

Sinkhole

Notes

Glossary

References.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60917-419-4

OCLC:

899261577