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9781584654025
This is the first guide to identifying the lichen species that grow in the White Mountains, Green Mountains, Adirondacks, and nearby alpine and rugged coastal environments. Based on extensive field work and research, the book explains the fascinating biology of lichens, which thrive where other plants can't survive, and provides full-color magnified photographs, a color bar for identification, scientific and common names, descriptive notes and information on growth forms, substrate, reproduction and comparisons to similar species, as well as references, a glossary, and a bibliography.Pope, Ralph is the author of 'Lichens Above Treeline A Hiker's Guide To Alpine Zone Lichens Of The Northeastern United States', published 2005 under ISBN 9781584654025 and ISBN 1584654023.
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