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

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
text file
Series Princeton field guides
Princeton field guides.
Note Includes index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Mosses -- Appalachian Mountains -- Identification.
Mosses.
Appalachian Mountains.
Mosses -- Northeastern States -- Identification.
Northeastern States.
Genre/Form Field guides.
Electronic books.
Guidebooks.
Added Author McKnight, Karl B.
Other Form: Print version: 9780691156965 0691156964 (DLC) 2012032069
ISBN 1400845882 (electronic book)
9781400845880 (electronic book)
9780691156965 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0691156964 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1283856247
9781283856249