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Author Klips, Robert, author.

Title Common mosses, liverworts, and lichens of Ohio : a visual guide / Robert Klips
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 374 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1: Welcome to the Miniature World of Bryophytes and Lichens -- 2: Bryophytes Are Plants -- 3: Where Bryophytes Grow -- 4: How to Use This Book to Identify Mosses -- 5: Acrocarps with Hairlike Leaves -- 6: Acrocarps with Lance-Shaped Leaves -- 7: Acrocarps with Tongue-Shaped Leaves -- 8: Acrocarps with Broad Leaves -- 9: Flat Fissidens and Friends -- 10: Sickle-Leaved Pleurocarps -- 11: Costate-Leaved Pleurocarps -- 12: Ecostate-Leaved Pleurocarps -- 13: The Haircap Mosses -- 14: Sphagnum (Peat) Mosses -- 15: Liverworts
16: Lichens Are Fungi That Have a Garden -- 17: Where Lichens Grow -- 18: How to Use This Book to Identify Lichens -- 19: Brilliant Orange and Yellow Lichens -- 20: Yellow-Green Foliose Lichens -- 21: Brown Foliose Lichens -- 22: Gray Narrow-Lobed Foliose Lichens -- 23: Gray Broad-Lobed Foliose Lichens -- 24: Cyanolichens (Pelts and Jellies) -- 25: Umbilicate Lichens -- 26: Branched Fruticose Lichens -- 27: Cladoniiform Lichens -- 28: Crustose and Other "Microlichens" and Squamulose Lichens -- BRYOPHYTE GLOSSARY -- LICHEN GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF COMMON NAMES AND GENERAL INDEX
Summary "In this guide to the most common and distinctive moss, liverwort, and lichen species in Ohio, readers will find concise physical descriptions, natural history and ecology facts, and tips to distinguish look-alike species, all presented in a friendly, conversational tone. Featuring detailed photographs of the plant and plant-like species in their natural settings, the book covers 114 mosses, twenty-one liverworts, and seventy lichens and offers several avenues to match a specimen to its description page. Each group includes "Where They Grow" chapters that spotlight the common species encountered on field outings, and simple guidance questions help readers quickly identify unfamiliar samples. While designed primarily as an identification tool, this guide also frames moss and lichen spotting in a scientific context. The two main sections-bryophytes and lichens-detail their respective taxonomic kingdoms, explain their life cycles and means of reproduction, and illustrate variation in the traits used for identification. The book is an introduction to the biology of these intriguing but too-often-overlooked organisms and a means to enjoy, identify, and catalog the biodiversity all around us"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 30, 2022)
Subject Lichens -- Ohio
Mosses -- Ohio
Liverworts -- Ohio
Lichens
Liverworts
Mosses
Ohio
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021050603
ISBN 9780821447710
0821447718