Jerry Jenkins

Mosses of the Northern Forest

A Photographic Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A visual reference for identification of 283 species of mosses of the Northern Forest Region, with quick guides, systematic sections, and visual glossary. Accompanying folding charts for field use sold separately"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 256mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 926g
• ISBN-13: 9781501748615
• ISBN-10: 1501748610
• Artikelnr.: 58568379

Autorenporträt

Jerry Jenkins

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Visual Glossary
About Mosses
1. Quick Guides to Habitats
Moss Map 1: Living Trees
Moss Map 2: Woody Debris
Moss Map 3: Acid Boulders
Moss Map 4: Boreal Forest Floor
Moss Map 5: Limy Boulder and Cobble
Moss Map 6: Acid Ledges
Moss Map 7: Limy Knolls and Ledges
Moss Map 8: Rocky Woodland Stream
Moss Map 9: Forest Floor in a Medium-Fertility Swamp
Moss Map 10: Bog Pond, Open Bog, Spruce-Tamarack Swamp
Moss Map 11: Rich Fen, Cedar Swamp
2. Quick Guides to Acrocarps
About Acrocarps
Dominant Acrocarps
Acrocarps With Distinctive Shoots
Acrocarps With Distinctive Leaves
Ordinary Acrocarps With Sharp-Tipped Linear-Lanceolate Leaves
Ordinary Acrocarps With Lanceolate Leaves
Ordinary Acrocarps With Long-Tipped Leaves
Ordinary Acrocarps With Oval or Oboval Leaves
Acrocarps With Gemmae or Brood Branchesor Leaves Whose Tips Break Off
Acrocarp Capsules
3. Quick Guides to Pleurocarps
About Pleurocarps
Dominant Upland Pleurocarps
Dominant wetland and Stream-Bank Pleurocarps
Treelike Pleurocarps
Pleurocarps With Pinnate Branches
Pleurocarps With Flattened Shoots
Worm-Branched Pleurocarps
Shaggy Pleurocarps
Small Stringy Pleurocarps
Straight-Leaved Pleurocarps With Slender Leaf Tips
Broad-Leaved Pleurocarps With Oval or Oblong Leaves
Falcate-Secund Pleurocarps, Not Pinnate
Pleurocarps With Brood Branches
Pleurocarp Capsules
4. Quick Guides to Sphagnum
About Sphagnum
The Sections of Sphagnum
Colored Sphagnums
Dominant Sphagnums, Covering Large Areas
Sphagnums With Distinctive Heads
Sphagnums With Distinctive Branches and Branch Leaves
Sphagnums With Recurved Branch Leaves
Sphagnums With Distinctive Stem Leaves
Two Difficult Species
5. Systematic Sections
Acrocarps
Pleurocarps
Sphagnum