Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania : A Complete Reference Guide.
Block, Timothy A.
Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania : A Complete Reference Guide. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Evolution and Ecology -- Evolution and Form of Aquatic Plants -- Role of Plants in Aquatic Ecosystems -- Types of Aquatic Ecosystems -- Management of Aquatic Ecosystems -- Chapter 2. Identification Keys for the Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania -- Key to Growth Habit Groups -- Key to Emergent Plants -- Key to Floating-leaf Plants -- Key to Thalloid or Tiny Floating Plants -- Key to Submergent Leafy-stemmed Plants -- Key to Submergent Rosette-forming Plants -- Key to Submergent Plants with Finely Divided Leaves -- Chapter 3. Emergent Plants -- Arrow-arum, tuckahoe -- Arrowhead -- Beggar-ticks/bur-marigold -- Bulrush -- Bur-reed -- Cat-tail -- Chinese lobelia -- Flowering-rush -- Goldenclub -- Grasses -- Water horsetail -- Iris -- Lizard's-tail -- Mud-plantain -- Pickerel-weed -- Bayonet rush -- Smartweed -- Spike-rush -- Three-way sedge -- Twig-rush -- Water-hemp ragweed -- Water-horehound -- Water-parsnip -- Water-plantain -- Water-primrose -- Water-purslane -- Water-willow -- Watercress -- Chapter 4. Floating-leaf Plants -- Floating-heart -- American lotus -- Water-chestnut -- European water-clover -- Water-lily -- Watershield -- Chapter 5. Thalloid and/or Tiny Floating Plants -- Aquatic liverworts -- Charophyte algae -- Duckweed, watermeal, water-flaxseed, and bogmat -- Eastern mosquito fern -- Riverweed -- Chapter 6. Submergent Leafy-stemmed Plants -- Aquatic mosses -- Hydrilla -- Pondweeds -- Water star-grass -- Waternymph, naiad -- Water-starwort -- Waterweed -- Waterwort -- Chapter 7. Submergent Rosette-forming Plants -- Mudmat -- Pipewort -- Quillwort -- Water lobelia -- Water-celery, eel-grass -- Chapter 8. Submergent Plants with Finely Divided Leaves -- Bladderwort -- Coontail, hornwort -- Fanwort -- Mermaid-weed. Water-crowfoot -- Water-marigold -- Water-milfoil -- Glossary -- References and Sources -- Appendix: Taxonomic List of Plants Included -- Index.
The first complete identification guide to the aquatic plants of Pennsylvania, this reference provides illustrations and detailed descriptions of the more than 200 native and invasive species known to inhabit the Commonwealth's waterways.
9780812205046
Aquatic plants-Pennsylvania-Identification.
Electronic books.
QK183 -- .B56 2011eb
581.7/609748
Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania : A Complete Reference Guide. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Evolution and Ecology -- Evolution and Form of Aquatic Plants -- Role of Plants in Aquatic Ecosystems -- Types of Aquatic Ecosystems -- Management of Aquatic Ecosystems -- Chapter 2. Identification Keys for the Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania -- Key to Growth Habit Groups -- Key to Emergent Plants -- Key to Floating-leaf Plants -- Key to Thalloid or Tiny Floating Plants -- Key to Submergent Leafy-stemmed Plants -- Key to Submergent Rosette-forming Plants -- Key to Submergent Plants with Finely Divided Leaves -- Chapter 3. Emergent Plants -- Arrow-arum, tuckahoe -- Arrowhead -- Beggar-ticks/bur-marigold -- Bulrush -- Bur-reed -- Cat-tail -- Chinese lobelia -- Flowering-rush -- Goldenclub -- Grasses -- Water horsetail -- Iris -- Lizard's-tail -- Mud-plantain -- Pickerel-weed -- Bayonet rush -- Smartweed -- Spike-rush -- Three-way sedge -- Twig-rush -- Water-hemp ragweed -- Water-horehound -- Water-parsnip -- Water-plantain -- Water-primrose -- Water-purslane -- Water-willow -- Watercress -- Chapter 4. Floating-leaf Plants -- Floating-heart -- American lotus -- Water-chestnut -- European water-clover -- Water-lily -- Watershield -- Chapter 5. Thalloid and/or Tiny Floating Plants -- Aquatic liverworts -- Charophyte algae -- Duckweed, watermeal, water-flaxseed, and bogmat -- Eastern mosquito fern -- Riverweed -- Chapter 6. Submergent Leafy-stemmed Plants -- Aquatic mosses -- Hydrilla -- Pondweeds -- Water star-grass -- Waternymph, naiad -- Water-starwort -- Waterweed -- Waterwort -- Chapter 7. Submergent Rosette-forming Plants -- Mudmat -- Pipewort -- Quillwort -- Water lobelia -- Water-celery, eel-grass -- Chapter 8. Submergent Plants with Finely Divided Leaves -- Bladderwort -- Coontail, hornwort -- Fanwort -- Mermaid-weed. Water-crowfoot -- Water-marigold -- Water-milfoil -- Glossary -- References and Sources -- Appendix: Taxonomic List of Plants Included -- Index.
The first complete identification guide to the aquatic plants of Pennsylvania, this reference provides illustrations and detailed descriptions of the more than 200 native and invasive species known to inhabit the Commonwealth's waterways.
9780812205046
Aquatic plants-Pennsylvania-Identification.
Electronic books.
QK183 -- .B56 2011eb
581.7/609748