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Common mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians /Karl B McKnight [and others.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400845880
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QK541 .C666 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction QK541.5.67 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn961660226

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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