Urban Lichens - A Field Guide for Northeastern North America

This field guide is the first of its kind as a lichen identification guide for urban areas throughout northeastern North America. Divided into three sections?lichen basics; species descriptions; and an illustrated glossary and index?the book aims to connect city dwellers and visitors with the natural world around them.

About the author

Jessica L. Allen is an assistant professor of integrative plant biology at Eastern Washington University. James C. Lendemer is an associate curator at the New York Botanical Garden and assistant professor at the City University of New York.

Summary

A practical field guide to the common lichens found in the northeastern megalopolis, including New York City, Toronto, Boston/New Haven, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington, D.C., and as far west as Chicago

Product details

• Authors: Jessica L Allen, Jessica L Lendemer Allen, Jessica L. Allen, James C Lendemer, James C. Lendemer
• Assisted by: Jordan R Hoffman (Illustration), Jordan R. Hoffman (Illustration)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780300252996
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25299-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; NATURE / Reference, NATURE / Regional, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Mycology, natural history, Reference works, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Mycology, fungi (non-medical), Mycology, fungi