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Format:

Book

Author:

Title:

A field guide to ferns and their related families : northeastern and central North America / Boughton Cobb and Elizabeth Farnsworth and Cheryl Lowe for the New England Wild Flower Society ; illustrations by Laura Louise Foster and Elizabeth Farnsworth.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher, Date:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005.

Description:

xiv, 417 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 19 cm.

Summary:

Presents a comprehensive field guide to the ferns of northeastern and central North America, and contains color photographs and full-page line drawings.

Series:

The Peterson field guide series

Peterson field guide series.

Subjects:

Ferns -- United States -- Identification.

Ferns -- Canada -- Identification.

Ferns -- United States -- Pictorial works.

Ferns -- Canada -- Pictorial works.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Other Author:

Farnsworth, Elizabeth, 1962-

Lowe, Cheryl.

Other Title:

Ferns and fern allies of northeastern and central North America

Notes:

"Sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-402) and index.

Contents:

Part One. Life cycle of a fern -- The place of ferns and fern relatives in the plant kingdom -- Fern habitats and conservation -- Morphology of a fern -- How to use this field guide -- Key to genera of Northeastern and Central North American ferns and related species -- Part Two. True ferns -- Part Three. Fern relatives -- Part Four. Ferns in cultivation and culture.

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Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

2005042793

ISBN:

0618394060

9780618394067

Other Number:

57613548

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

162339

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

587.3 Cobb