|
Mosses Lichens & Ferns of Northwest North America | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dale H. Vitt, Janet E. Marsh, Robin B. Bovey
Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy Used: $20.91
You Save: $4.04 (16%)
Used (10) from $20.91
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1663054
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 296
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0919433413
Dewey Decimal Number: 508
EAN: 9780919433410
ASIN: 0919433413
Publication Date: June 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Some wear on book from reading, some spine creases, wear on binding and pages, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 20-Year Old Book October 8, 2008
A little troubled by the age of this guidebook; still, I cannot disagree with the other 4 & 5-star reviews. I purchased this book solely on the recommendation of a naturalist friend; unfortunately, without realizing it does not REALLY cover my area (San Jose, CA). So, I have little/no opportunity to use/evaluate it. I should have been more careful.
Nice collection of regional information December 25, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
- As a graduate student I read many books focused on mosses and lichens. This guide is quite a refreshing addition to my library. It is easy to read and in English - not scientific jargon! I find it to be a good collection of information about the 'Mosses, Lichens & Ferns in NW North America'. I purchased it as a regional reference of moss and lichen data. I was not disappointed. The inclusion of ferns and liverworts is very appropriate for this region of the continent! (Some of the pictures aren't as great as those in Lichens of North America - but still good.) It is just the right size for a day pack complete with good quality paper. Another quality Lone Pine Product.
 Excellent December 13, 2002
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
The beautiful photos of lichens and mosses are the best feature of this book. Even many of the harder to identify crustose lichens are included and equally well photographed in this handsome guide. It is difficult to get a handle on lichen identification without some formal training, but this book will enable you to at least make identifications for some of the easier foliose and fruticose ones, such as parmelia or usnea, for example, and perhaps the more difficult ones too as you become more knowlegeable and experienced. The crustose lichen, rhizocarpon geographicum, for example, isn't that hard to identify from the tile-like pattern it makes on rocks and the lime-green color and black apothecia on the plant thallus.Along with the photos, there are good descriptions and range maps showing plant distributions. I had the opportunity to take supposedly the only full-semester lichenology class being taught that year in the entire U.S. by the late, great Harry Thiers, back in the mid-80's at San Francisco State University, a graduate botany course in which I'm proud to say I got an A. So I have some formal training in the area, and feel I can judge a good book on the subject when I see it, and this beautifully illustrated field guide is definitely worth the relatively modest price.
Detailed pictorial guide to primitive plants October 19, 2001
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Focused on the moist parts of western North America, this guide uses photos, range maps, and keys to identify and describe the primitive plants that are everywhere around us, but poorly understood. Great for plant exploration in the cool parts of the year. If you've ever wondered about those beautiful green carpeted forest floors, the delicate life growing on trees and rocks, or the lacey ferns in the fields and woods, this book is for you.
|
|
|
Powered by Amazon | |
