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Peterson Field Guide to Ferns, Second Edition: Northeastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Peterson Field Guide to Ferns, Second Edition: Northeastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)
By Elizabeth Farnsworth, Boughton Cobb, Cheryl Lowe

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Since 1956, when the late Boughton Cobb wrote his field guide to ferns, this book, unchanged in all the years since, has become the classic on the subject. Now the New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS) has completely updated the text and added 100 color photographs. The incredibly beautiful full-page line drawings by the late Laura Louise Foster have been reproduced from the original art. New subjects include a section on habitats and conservation, a glossary of botanical terms, and a chapter on gardening with ferns.

The New England Wild Flower Society is the nation’s oldest organization devoted to the conservation of wild plants. It recently received a number of grants to celebrate its “Year of the Fern.” NEWFS books published by Houghton Mifflin are Wildflowers and Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, both by William Cullina.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #283501 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-09-26
  • Format: Bargain Price
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 440 pages

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About the Author
Boughton Cobb is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Company titles including: "Peterson Field Guide to Ferns, Second Edition", "A Field Guide to Ferns and their Related Families", & "Feather and Fur! What Makes Cats Purr?"

Elizabeth Farnsworth is the senior research ecologist at NEWFS and a Bullard Fellow at Harvard University. 

Cheryl Lowe is the director of horticulture at NEWFS.

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world"s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement

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A superlative field guide with gardening information too5
Would a field guide like this make a good holiday gift for a naturalist or gardener? Absolutely-if I didn't own it already it would be my number one choice. This is the best researched field guide I've ever seen. It is very very satisfying and is going to become a must-have for anyone who hikes the northeast or would like to garden with ferns, and for all botany students of the region. A book like this is more than just a guide-it trains the eye to open up to an entire world of subtle differences in nature. There is a kind of poetry in this guide usually not seen in this type of writing-BRILLIANT! Get one soon to catch the ferns in fall color-or do a little armchair gardening over the winter.

good book5
solid peterson. useful primer on mosses. great with a variety of moss books. a good buy and useful addition to the basic botanical library.

Excellent Field Guide5
There are a lot of ferns at Ives Road Fen Preserve in Southeast Michigan. This book describes 8 features of each species, from the fronds to the sori. It has black and white diagrams of each species with arrows to the key identification features and color photos of some of them. Ecology and a discussion of similar species is also included.