Michigan Ferns and Lycophytes
Author: Daniel D. Palmer
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2018-05-25
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 0472037110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most comprehensive guide to Michigan's ferns and related plants
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Michigan Ferns and Lycophytes
Author: Daniel D. Palmer
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2018-05-25
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 0472123653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichigan’s ferns and lycophytes are among the state’s most fascinating plants. The species in these groups exhibit incredibly diverse life cycles and an amazing array of morphology. Some species such as the Bracken fern are widespread and aggressive, dominating forest understories throughout much of northern Michigan, while other species are exceedingly rare and adapted to life solely in harsh niche habitats where little else can grow. Unlike the well-studied flowering plants and gymnosperms, Michigan’s ferns and lycophytes have long lacked a reliable, up-to-date guidebook, and this book fills that gap. Covering all 120 taxa found in the state, it features detailed keys, species descriptions, and range maps alongside precise illustrations. Readers learn about the etymology of species’ common and scientific names as well as interesting facts about their historic uses by humans and place within the Michigan ecosystem. The book also provides information on the challenging taxonomy of many ferns and lycophytes, with special attention given to the species likely to hybridize and those prone to misidentification. This is a must-have reference for anyone who wishes to learn about these important components of the Great Lakes flora.
Ferns, Spikemosses, Clubmosses, and Quillworts of Eastern North America
Author: Emily Sessa
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2024-03-05
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 0691220441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive, richly illustrated photographic field guide to the ferns and lycophytes of the eastern United States and Canada This is a comprehensive photographic field guide to the ferns, spikemosses, clubmosses, and quillworts of eastern North America. Accessible yet scientifically accurate, the book will appeal to beginners and experts alike and enhance the field experience of any user. Keys, range maps, detailed color photographs, and facing-page species descriptions aid exploration and allow reliable identification of all 305 species found in the area covered by the book—the United States east of the Mississippi and contiguous Canada, except for extreme northern and northeastern Canada. An introduction provides an easy-to-understand overview of identifying characteristics, life cycles, and evolutionary history. Checklists allow readers to record species they have seen, in four subregions. Indexes feature a complete list of common and scientific names, including synonyms, ensuring that users can find the plants they are looking for and keep track of changes in taxonomy. In addition, information about hybrids, polyploids, and reticulate relationships is provided, illuminating the fascinating processes that have led to such a rich diversity of species. Modern and innovative, this is the definitive guide to the ferns and lycophytes of eastern North America. Covers all 305 species, belonging to 96 genera and 30 families Features detailed color photos of all species—and facing-page species descriptions Provides checklists for keeping track of species seen Includes common and scientific names and notable synonyms
Field Manual of Michigan Flora
Author: Edward G. Voss
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2012-02-08
Total Pages: 1005
ISBN-13: 0472118110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive guide to Michigan’s wild-growing seed plants
Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms
Author: K.U. Kramer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-29
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 366202604X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis encyclopedia offers access to the diversity of ferns and seed plants, the most important groups of green land plants. Available information of general and systematic relevance is synthesized at the level of families. Evidence from virtually all disciplines important to modern taxonomy makes the work a most valuable source of reference not only for taxonomists, but for all who are interested in the various aspects of plant diversity. A revised classification includes a complete inventory of genera along with their diagnostic features, keys for identification, and references to the literature. The first volume deals with pteridophytes and gymnosperms.
Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes
Author: Tom A. Ranker
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781107181496
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"With their team of contemporary scholars, the editors present a thorough coverage of fundamental topics necessary for obtaining an up-to-date understanding of the biology of ferns and lycophytes. The book is organized into major topics that build from the individual and its biochemistry and structure, to genetics and populations, to interactions among individuals and the conservation of species, and concludes with perspectives on evolutionary history and classification. Each chapter is organized to review past work, explore current questions, and suggest productive directions for continued discoveries about these fascinating groups of organisms. Written for upper undergraduates, graduates and academic researchers, Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes fills a major gap in biological, organism-level, evolutionary literature by providing a review of the biology and evolution of this important group of vascular land plants."--NHBS Environment Bookstore.
Hawai'i's Ferns and Fern Allies
Author: Daniel Dooley Palmer
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780824825225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHe includes information from Hawaiian folklore and mythology, describes uses of ferns by native Hawaiians, and updates Hawaiian common names. More than one hundred line drawings illustrate all 222 species, varieties, and forms, and some hybrids." "This well-researched and highly readable book will be enthusiastically received by amateur and professional naturalists, fern enthusiasts, and professional botanists."--BOOK JACKET.
Seedling Ecology and Evolution
Author: Mary Allessio Leck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-09-18
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 0521873053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeedlings are highly sensitive to their environment. After seeds, they typically suffer the highest mortality of any life history stage. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the seedling stage of the plant life cycle. It considers the importance of seedlings in plant communities; environmental factors with special impact on seedlings; the morphological and physiological diversity of seedlings including mycorrhizae; the relationship of the seedling with other life stages; seedling evolution; and seedlings in human altered ecosystems, including deserts, tropical rainforests, and habitat restoration projects. The diversity of seedlings is portrayed by including specialised groups like orchids, bromeliads, and parasitic and carnivorous plants. Discussions of physiology, morphology, evolution and ecology are brought together to focus on how and why seedlings are successful. This important text sets the stage for future research and is valuable to graduate students and researchers in plant ecology, botany, agriculture and conservation.
Fern Finder
Author: Anne C. Hallowell
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 0912550244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pocket guide to identifying native ferns that grow in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, and eastern Canada. Like other plant guides in the "Finders" series, "Fern Finder" is a dichotomous key, which leads the user step-by-step through a series of choices to the species being identified. Heavily illustrated with line drawings.
Life
Author: David E. Sadava
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 1376
ISBN-13: 9780716776710
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCo-published by Sinauer Associates, Inc., and W. H. Freeman and Company. Visit the Life, Eighth Edition preview site. LIFE HAS EVOLVED. . . from its original publication to this dramatically revitalized Eighth Edition. LIFE has always shown students how biology works, offering an engaging and coherent presentation of the fundamentals of biology by describing the landmark experiments that revealed them. This edition builds on those strengths and introduces several innovations. As with previous editions, the Eighth Edition will also be available in three paperback volumes: • Volume I: The Cell and Heredity, Chapters 1-20 • Volume II: Evolution, Diversity and Ecology, Chapters 1, 21-33, 52-57 • Volume III: Plants and Animals, Chapters 1, 34-51
