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Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts: A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast - Couverture souple

Pope, Ralph H.

 
9781501700781: Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts: A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast
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ISBN 10 : 1501700782 ISBN 13 : 9781501700781
Editeur : Comstock Publishing Associates, 2016

Synopsis

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Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are found throughout the world in a variety of habitats. They flourish particularly well in moist, humid forests, filling many ecological roles. They provide seedbeds for the larger plants of the community and homes to countless arthropods, they capture and recycle nutrients that are washed with rainwater from the canopy, and they bind the soil to keep it from eroding. This photo-based field guide to the more common or distinctive bryophytes of northeastern North America gives beginners the tools they need to identify most specimens without using a compound microscope. Ralph Pope's inviting text and helpful photographs cover not only the "true" mosses but also the Sphagnaceae (the peat mosses), liverworts, and hornworts.

The heart of any field guide is the ability to narrow down a large number of possibilities to a single species, and this book does that with a variety of keying strategies. Traditional dichotomous keys are included, and there are also "quick" keys based on habitat and special morphological characteristics. The organization of the species pages is by plant family, an arrangement likely to resonate with readers with some plant background or botanical interest. Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts also features information on collecting, preserving, and identifying specimens to help hikers, naturalists, botanists, and gardeners find their way into this beautiful miniature world. Sections on bryophyte biology and ecology provide taxonomic and ecological context.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ralph Pope is the author of Lichens above Treeline: A Hiker's Guide to Alpine Zone Lichens of the Northeastern United States.

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Éditeur
Comstock Publishing Associates
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1501700782
ISBN 13 
9781501700781
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
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Personne responsable
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