| Description |
1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Princeton field guides |
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Princeton field guides.
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| Contents |
How to look at a moss -- Collecting mosses -- How to make a moss collection packet -- What are mosses? -- Basic anatomy of moss -- Life history of mosses -- What good are mosses? -- How to use the identification keys -- Naming mosses |
| Summary |
This is the first book to help general readers recognize 200 common mosses of the Northeast and the Appalachian Mountains. With just this field guide, a hand lens, and a spray bottle--no microscopes necessary--readers will be able to identify and name many of the common species of mosses growing in the region's backyards, parks, forests, wetlands, and mountains. At the heart of this guide is an innovative, color-tabbed system that helps readers pick out small groups of similar species. Illustrated identification keys, colorful habitat and leaf photos, more than 600 detailed line drawings, a |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2014 |
| Subject |
Mosses -- Appalachian Mountains -- Identification
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Mosses -- Northeastern States -- Identification
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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Mosses
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Appalachian Mountains
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Northeastern States
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McKnight, Karl B
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| LC no. |
2012032069 |
| ISBN |
1400845882 |
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9781400845880 |
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