The first color field guide for mosses in the Mid-Atlantic region - its detailed color photographs allow easy identification of many of the commonest and most striking mosses and liverworts, without the use of a microscope.
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"At last an accessible field guide for common Pennsylvania Mosses. The beautiful color photographs and clear descriptions make this book suitable for the non-botanist." --Linda Ingram, Nolde Forest Environmental
"Bryophytes are an unjustifiably neglected group, and Munch's book will inspire both amateur and professional interest." --Steve Grund, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Her enthusiasm for these overlooked but fascinating plants is contagious." --Sue Wolf, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association
"Bryophytes are an unjustifiably neglected group, and Munch's book will inspire both amateur and professional interest." --Steve Grund, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Her enthusiasm for these overlooked but fascinating plants is contagious." --Sue Wolf, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association
"Bryophytes are an unjustifiably neglected group, and Munch's book will inspire both amateur and professional interest." --Steve Grund, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Her enthusiasm for these overlooked but fascinating plants is contagious." --Sue Wolf, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association
"Bryophytes are an unjustifiably neglected group, and Munch's book will inspire both amateur and professional interest." --Steve Grund, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Her enthusiasm for these overlooked but fascinating plants is contagious." --Sue Wolf, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association
About the Author
Susan Munch teaches botany at Albright College in Reading PA and frequently leads nature walks and directs workshops on ferns, mosses, and liverworts in Pennsylvania. Her experience with lower plants is also extensive in Ohio and Maryland. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College with a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Washington.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent introduction to identification of mosses and liverworts,
This review is from: Outstanding Mosses & Liverworts of Pennsylvania & Nearby States (Spiral-bound)
The subject of this book, a guide to mosses and liverworts, is challenging. For those living in Pennsylvania and nearby states, all regional guides published in the last half century require taxonomic expertise. For liverworts, it's Rudolf Schuster's The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America East of the Hundreth Meridian, 6 volumes, 4,668 pages, over a thousand dollars if you are lucky enough to find a copy. For mosses, it's Crum and Anderson's two volume Mosses of Eastern North America, 1328 pages, published over 35 years ago and available on Amazon for over $400. You might try How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts 2nd edition, by Conrad and Redfearn, but the guide covers the entire country and consists of dichotomous keys illustrated with line drawings.
Susan Munch's Outstanding Mosses & Liverworts of Pennsylvania and Nearby States is the only guide with color photographs. Spiral bound, 89 pages, and reasonably priced, it is designed to help people get started identifying mosses and liverworts. By selecting conspicuous and relatively common species, the author makes the process of identification feasible. For identifying specimens, I found it helpful to thumb through the pages and scan the photographs, much as I would a field guide to wildflowers. Opposite each page of photographs is a page of text describing the species illustrated. The photographs give sharp, close-up images of diagnostic features. The text is engaging and provides ecological and taxonomic information with a minimum of jargon. For more comprehensive taxonomic sources, the author provides a list of references.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Learn to look closely,
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This review is from: Outstanding Mosses & Liverworts of Pennsylvania & Nearby States (Spiral-bound)
This book is a good, field-based introduction to the common mosses and liverworts of the northeastern United States. It is an ideal starting point for those who have noticed mosses and liverworts and want to learn more. The large color photographs make it easy to recognize the most common species and the text describes the habitats where these plants can be found. Its size makes it easy to carry and use.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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great field guide,
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This review is from: Outstanding Mosses & Liverworts of Pennsylvania & Nearby States (Spiral-bound)
I am a Master Naturalist attempting to identify mosses of the Northern Neck of VIrginia and this is the closest to a guide for this area as I could find. I have found several and am now attempting to cross check with USDA and experts in the area. I would be lost without this book as a reference.
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