Outstanding Mosses and Liverworts of Pennsylvania and Nearby States

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. This book is suitable for people who are beginning to learn about mosses and their relatives the liverworts which often grow with mosses and resemble them in many ways. Besides the main section on identification of specific kinds of mosses and liverworts the book includes an introduction with valuable information on their growth life cycles reproduction and ecology as well as a glossary of terms.