The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual

Ann Fowler Rhoads, Timothy A. Block

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000 - Nature - 1061 pages

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; with 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, conservationists, ecologists, foresters, land planners, teachers, agricultural county agents, students, and amateur naturalists.

Contents

• Ferns and Fern Allies: 59
• Gymnosperms: 107
• Angiosperms Monocots: 717
• Glossary: 1003
• Bibliography: 1021

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual
• Authors: Ann Fowler Rhoads, Timothy A. Block
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0812235355, 9780812235357
• Length: 1061 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Plants / General; Nature / Reference; Science / Life Sciences / Botany; Science / Reference