The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual - Hardcover

Ann Fowler Rhoads; Timothy A. Block

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812235355 ISBN 13: 9780812235357

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000

Synopsis

Pennsylvania, a state of diverse geography and geology, is rich in flora. The Plants of Pennsylvania provides a means of positively identifying the more than 3,000 species of flowering plants, ferns, and gymnosperms native or naturalized in the Commonwealth. The manual includes keys to families, genera, and species; extensive diagnostic illustrations; scientific and common names; and data on distribution ranges, relative frequency, rare and endangered species, blooming and fruiting periods; taxonomic notes; and an illustrated glossary.The information meticulously reflects the plants as represented in Pennsylvania and is derived from specimens collected within the state.Developed in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Flora Database project and compiled by botanists at the Morris Arboretum, the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Plants of Pennsylvania is an authoritative, accessible guide to Pennsylvania's plant life. It will be indispensable to taxonomists,

About this title

About the Author:

At the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Ann Rhoads is Senior Scientist of the Pennsylvania Flora Project, Timothy Block is Director of Botany, and Anna Anisko is Botanical Illustrator. They are coauthors of The Trees of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Review:

"Finally, an illustrated guide to the flora of Pennsylvania written by highly respected authorities! A highly technical but user-friendly manual; every serious amateur and professional naturalist in Pennsylvania will want a copy."—Larry J. Schweiger, President, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

"This 1061-page book deserves a place in every gardener's and wildflower lover's home."—Pocono Record

"Meticulously compiled, carefully illustrated. . . . This book is as accurate and complete as possible in every detail."—Pennsylvania Forests

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0812235355
• ISBN 13: 9780812235357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1072
• Illustrator: Anna Anisko