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Field guide to Missouri ferns

Traditionally, texts on ferns and their identification are written for use by professional botanists. Such texts are usually too technical for use by non-botanists who find the dichotomous keys and vocabulary rather difficult. For the non-botanist, the person who wants to know "What fern is tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Key, James S.
Otros Autores: Nelson, Paul (Paul Wayne), 1948-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri Dept. of Conservation, c1982.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Morphology and life cycle
  • Fern habitats
  • Pictorial guide. Mosslike plants
  • Grasslike plants
  • Horsetails (scouring rushes)
  • Adder's tongues
  • Aquatic habitat ferns
  • Grape ferns
  • Maidenhair ferns
  • Cliff-dwelling ferns
  • Ferns with tail-like blades
  • Ferns with fertile area terminal, intermediate or on a separate frond
  • Ferns with once-divided blades
  • Ferns with twice-divided blades
  • Ferns with three-times-divided blades
  • Descriptions and illustrations
  • Family Lycopodiaceae (Clubmoss family). Lycopodium
  • Family Selaginellaceae (Spikemoss family). Selaginella
  • Family Isoetaceae (Quillwort family). Isoetes
  • Family Equisetaceae (Horsetail family). Equisetum
  • Family Ophioglossaceae (Adder's-tongue family). Botrychium (Grape ferns)
  • Ophioglossum (Adder's-tongues)
  • Family Osmundaceae (Royal fern family). Osmunda
  • Family Polypodiaceae (True fern family). Dennstaedtia
  • Adiantum
  • Pteridium
  • Pellaea
  • Notholaena
  • Cheilanthes
  • Polypodium
  • Polystichum
  • Onoclea
  • Matteuccia
  • Thelypteris
  • Dryopteris
  • Woodwardia
  • Athyrium
  • Asplenium
  • Woodsia
  • Cystopteris
  • Family Marsileaceae (Pepperwort family). Marsilea
  • Pilularia
  • Family Salviniaceae (Water fern family). Salvinia
  • Azolla.