Aquatic and Wetland Plants, Vol. 2
This is by far the best and most comprehensive manual and illustrated guide to native and naturalized vascular plants—ferns, conifers, and flowering plants—growing in aquatic and wetland habitats in northeastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and south to Virginia and Missouri. Published in two volumes, this long-awaited work completely revises and greatly expands Norman Fassett’s 1940 classic A Manual of Aquatic Plants, yet retains the features that made Fassett’s book so...
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This is by far the best and most comprehensive manual and illustrated guide to native and naturalized vascular plants—ferns, conifers, and flowering plants—growing in aquatic and wetland habitats in northeastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and south to Virginia and Missouri. Published in two volumes, this long-awaited work completely revises and greatly expands Norman Fassett’s 1940 classic A Manual of Aquatic Plants, yet retains the features that made Fassett’s book so useful. Features include: * coverage of 1139 plant species, 1186 taxa, 295 genera, 109 families * more than 600 pages of illustrations, and illustrations for more than 90% of the taxa * keys for each species include references to corresponding illustrations * habitat information, geographical ranges, and synonomy * a chapter on nuisance aquatic weeds * glossaries of botanical and habitat terms * a full index for each volume Wetland ecologists, botanists, resource managers, public naturalists, and environmentalists concerned with the preservation of wetland areas, which are increasingly threatened, will welcome this clear, workable, and comprehensive guide. Booknews A manual and illustrated guide to native and naturalized vascular plants growing in aquatic and wetland habitats of northeastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and south to Virginia and Missouri. Published in two volumes, the set revises and expands considerably on the 1940 classic , with a total of 1139 species (1186 taxa) representing 295 genera of vascular plants covered. Includes some 600 pages of b&w line drawings, a key for each species (with reference to corresponding illustrations), habitat information, geographical ranges, synonymy, coverage of invasives, glossaries of botanical and habitat terms, and an index for each volume. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceviiAcknowledgmentsixIntroductionxiMap of geographical areaxiiiNuisance Aquatic Plants of the NortheastxvGeneral KeysxixMonocotyledons3Subclass Alismatidae3Butomaceae3Alismataceae3Hydrocharitaceae11Scheuchzeriaceae33Juncaginaceae33Potamogetonaceae36Ruppiaceae58Zannichelliaceae58Zosteraceae68Najadaceae68Subclass Arecidae76Acoraceae76Araceae76Lemnaceae78Subclass Commelinidae85Xyridaceae85Eriocaulaceae92Juncaceae97Cyperaceae121Poaceae (Gramineae)252Sparganiaceae295Typhaceae306Subclass Zingiberidae310Marantaceae310Subclass Liliidae312Pontederiaceae312Haemodoraceae317Liliaceae320Iridaceae323Burmanniaceae328Orchidaceae328Abbreviations351Glossary of Plant Terms353Glossary of Habitat Terms363References365Index373
\ BooknewsA manual and illustrated guide to native and naturalized vascular plants growing in aquatic and wetland habitats of northeastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and south to Virginia and Missouri. Published in two volumes, the set revises and expands considerably on the 1940 classic , with a total of 1139 species (1186 taxa) representing 295 genera of vascular plants covered. Includes some 600 pages of b&w line drawings, a key for each species (with reference to corresponding illustrations), habitat information, geographical ranges, synonymy, coverage of invasives, glossaries of botanical and habitat terms, and an index for each volume. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
