Author: Gary A. Laursen
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231095
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
With Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams, Gary A. Laursen and Rodney Seppelt offer the first field guide to cryptogams of the Denali National Park and Preserve. Useful to both lay and professional investigators, this fully illustrated compendium covers mushroom fungi, lichenized fungi, lichenicolous fungi, slime molds, mosses, and liverworts. This field guide to commonly seen cryptogams will provide a basis for understanding their vast diversity of taxa, speciation, edibility, relative abundance, and utility, as well as the ecological roles played by these organisms.
Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams
Author: Gary A. Laursen
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231095
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
With Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams, Gary A. Laursen and Rodney Seppelt offer the first field guide to cryptogams of the Denali National Park and Preserve. Useful to both lay and professional investigators, this fully illustrated compendium covers mushroom fungi, lichenized fungi, lichenicolous fungi, slime molds, mosses, and liverworts. This field guide to commonly seen cryptogams will provide a basis for understanding their vast diversity of taxa, speciation, edibility, relative abundance, and utility, as well as the ecological roles played by these organisms.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231095
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
With Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams, Gary A. Laursen and Rodney Seppelt offer the first field guide to cryptogams of the Denali National Park and Preserve. Useful to both lay and professional investigators, this fully illustrated compendium covers mushroom fungi, lichenized fungi, lichenicolous fungi, slime molds, mosses, and liverworts. This field guide to commonly seen cryptogams will provide a basis for understanding their vast diversity of taxa, speciation, edibility, relative abundance, and utility, as well as the ecological roles played by these organisms.
Alaska's Mushrooms
Author: Gary A. Laursen
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1943328765
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
For the seriously dedicated as well as the merely curious ’shroomer, Alaska’s Mushrooms is a wide-ranging guide to the fungi of the Last Frontier. The book, featuring detailed descriptions of 114 species, includes: color photographs; family and common names; genus and species; striking field characters; both a macro- & micro-description; habitat and role; edibility, taste, and odor; look-alikes, and comments. This comprehensive collection also provides information on mushroom seasons and habitats hints for collecting mushrooms for food and study tips on how to tell the real mushrooms from their “imposters” directions for making spore prints (an essential test for identifying mushrooms) hundreds of black-and-white line drawings a section listing all poisonous mushrooms by toxin groups a list of frequently asked questions a range map of Alaska’s biogeographic zones Alaska’s Mushrooms provides authoritative natural history, informative color photographs, and black-and-white line drawings for clear identification, and lively notes from the field. It’s a must-have for anyone who has a passion for hunting mushrooms.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1943328765
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
For the seriously dedicated as well as the merely curious ’shroomer, Alaska’s Mushrooms is a wide-ranging guide to the fungi of the Last Frontier. The book, featuring detailed descriptions of 114 species, includes: color photographs; family and common names; genus and species; striking field characters; both a macro- & micro-description; habitat and role; edibility, taste, and odor; look-alikes, and comments. This comprehensive collection also provides information on mushroom seasons and habitats hints for collecting mushrooms for food and study tips on how to tell the real mushrooms from their “imposters” directions for making spore prints (an essential test for identifying mushrooms) hundreds of black-and-white line drawings a section listing all poisonous mushrooms by toxin groups a list of frequently asked questions a range map of Alaska’s biogeographic zones Alaska’s Mushrooms provides authoritative natural history, informative color photographs, and black-and-white line drawings for clear identification, and lively notes from the field. It’s a must-have for anyone who has a passion for hunting mushrooms.
Land of Extremes
Author: Alex Huryn
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231826
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This book is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of the North Slope, the only arctic tundra in the United States. The first section provides detailed information on climate, geology, landforms, and ecology. The second provides a guide to the identification and natural history of the common animals and plants and a primer on the human prehistory of the region from the Pleistocene through the mid-twentieth century. The appendix provides the framework for a tour of the natural history features along the Dalton Highway, a road connecting the crest of the Brooks Range with Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean, and includes mile markers where travelers may safely pull off to view geologic formations, plants, birds, mammals, and fish. Featuring hundreds of illustrations that support the clear, authoritative text, Land of Extremes reveals the arctic tundra as an ecosystem teeming with life.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231826
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This book is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of the North Slope, the only arctic tundra in the United States. The first section provides detailed information on climate, geology, landforms, and ecology. The second provides a guide to the identification and natural history of the common animals and plants and a primer on the human prehistory of the region from the Pleistocene through the mid-twentieth century. The appendix provides the framework for a tour of the natural history features along the Dalton Highway, a road connecting the crest of the Brooks Range with Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean, and includes mile markers where travelers may safely pull off to view geologic formations, plants, birds, mammals, and fish. Featuring hundreds of illustrations that support the clear, authoritative text, Land of Extremes reveals the arctic tundra as an ecosystem teeming with life.
A Floristic Inventory and Spatial Database for Fort Wainright, Interior Alaska
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428913297
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428913297
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2744
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2744
Book Description
Harriman Alaska Expedition
Author: Clinton Hart Merriam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Alaska: Cryptogamic botany
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Hepaticae of Alaska
Author: Alexander William Evans
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harriman Alaska Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harriman Alaska Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Harriman Alaska Series: Cryptogamic botany
Author: Clinton Hart Merriam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Harriman Alaska Series: Cryptogamic botany
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harriman Alaska Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harriman Alaska Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description