Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to Use the Manual
Symbols and Abbreviations
Collecting and Preserving Plant Specimens
Brief Floristic Description of Pennsylvania
Endangered and Threatened Species Programs
General Keys to Families
Master key
Sectional keys
Spore-bearing Vascular Plants
Gymnosperms
Basal Angiosperms
Monocots
Ceratophyllales
Magnoliids
Dicots
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Promotional Information

The second edition of The Plants of Pennsylvania is the authoritative guide to identifying the nearly 3,400 species of flowering plants, ferns, and gymnosperms native or naturalized in the Commonwealth. It features a complete reorganization into a genetic scheme that reflects recent advances in our understanding of plant relationships.

About the Author

At the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Ann Fowler Rhoads is Senior Scientist of the Pennsylvania Flora Project, Timothy A. Block is Director of Botany, and Anna Anisko is Botanical Illustrator. They are coauthors and illustrator of The Trees of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"Finally, an illustrated guide to the flora of Pennsylvania written by highly respected authorities! A highly technical but user-friendly manual; every serious amateur and professional naturalist in Pennsylvania will want a copy."--Larry J. Schweiger, President, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, commenting on the first edition