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Reference Books on the Botany of the Great Lakes

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Barnes, B. V. and W. H. Wagner Jr. 1982. Michigan Trees. Ann Arbor, MI. Univ. of Mich. Press. 384 pp.

Braun, E. L. 1967. The Monocotyledonae of Ohio. Cat-tails to Orchids. Ohio State Univ. Press. Columbus, OH. 464 pp.

Braun, E. L. 1989.  Woody Plants of Ohio.  Ohio State Univ. Press, Columbus, OH. 362 pp.

Case, F. W., Jr. 1987. Orchids of the Western Great Lakes Region, revised ed. Cranbrook Institute Bull. 48. Bloomfield Hills, MI. Cranbrook Institute of Science. 251 pp.+ 46 plates.

Coffin, B. and L. Pfannmuller, eds. 1988. Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. Minneapolis, MN. Univ. of Minnesota Press. 473 pp.

Cooperider, T. S.  1995.  The Dicotyledoneae of Ohio, Part 2.  Linaceae through Campanulaceae.  Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH. 656 pp.

Crum, H. 1983. Mosses of the Great Lakes Forests. Revised Edition. Ann Arbor, MI. Univ. of Mich. Press. 417 pp.

Crum, H.  1988.  A Focus on Peatlands and Peat Mosses.  Ann Arbor, MI.  University of Michigan Press. 306 pp.

Crum, H. 1991. Liverworts and Hornworts of Southern Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. Univ. of Mich. Herbarium. 233 pp.

Dore, E. L. and J. McNeill. 1980. Grasses of Ontario. Agriculture Canada, Res. Monogr. 26: 566 pp.

Crum, H. and L. A. Anderson. 1981. Mosses of Eastern North America. 2 vols. New York, NY. Columbia Univ. Press. 1328 pp.

Fassett, N. C. 1951. Grasses of Wisconsin: The taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the Gramineae growing in the state without cultivation. Madison, WI. Univ. of Wisconsin Press. 173 pp.

Fassett, N. C. 1957. A Manual of Aquatic Plants, revised edition. (Eugene C. Ogden). Madison, WI. Univ. of Wisconsin Press. 405 pp.

Fassett, N. C. 1976. Spring Flora of Wisconsin, revised edition. Madison, WI. Univ. of Wisconsin Press. 413 pp.

Fernald, M. L. 1970. Gray's Manual of Botany. New York, NY. D. Van Nostrand Company. 1632 pp.

Fisher, T. R. 1989, The Dicotyledoneae of Ohio, Part 3.  Asteraceae.  Ohio State University Press.   Columbus, OH.  280 pp.

Gleason, H. A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Second Edition. Bronx, NY. New York Botanical Garden. 910 pp.

Godfrey, R. K. and J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States. Monocotyledons. Athens, GA. Univ. of Georgia Press. 712 pp.

Godfrey, R. K. and J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States. Dicotyledons. Athens, GA. Univ. of Georgia Press. 933 pp.

Hitchcock, A. S. 1951. Manual of the Grasses of the United States. Ed. 2 (revised by A. Chase). Washington, D. C. USDA Misc. Publ. 200. 1051 pp.

Holgren, N. H. 1998.  Illustrated Companion to Gleason and Cronquist's Manual.  The New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY.  937 pp.

Lellinger, D. B. 1985. A Field Manual of Ferns and Fern Allies of the United States and Canada. Wash. D.C. Smithsonian Inst. Press. 389 pp.

Mickel, J. T. 1979. How to Know the Ferns and Fern Allies. Dubuque, IA. Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers. 229 pp.

Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1986. Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois. Carbondale, IL. Southern Illinois Univ. Press. 507 pp.

Rabeler, Richard K.  1998.  Gleason's Plants of Michigan.    Ann Arbor, MI.  Oakleaf Press.  398 pp.

Scoggan, H. J. 1978. The Flora of Canada. Nat. Mus. Nat. Sci. Publ. Botany. 4 vol. 1711 pp.

Semple, J.C.,  G.S.  Ringius. and J.J. Zhang. 1999. The goldenrods of Ontario: Solidago L. and Euthamia Nutt. 3rd Ed. Univ. Waterloo Biol. Ser. 36: 1-90.

Semple, J.C., S.B. Heard and L. Brouillet. 2002. Cultivated and native asters of Ontario (Compositae: Astereae): Aster L. (including Asteromoea Blume, Diplactis  Raf. and Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass.), Callistephus Cass., Galatella Cass., Doellingeria Nees, Oclemena E.L. Greene, Eurybia (Cass.) S.F. Gray, Canadanthus Nesom, and Symphyotrichum Nees (including Virgulus Raf.). U. Waterloo Biology Series 41: 1-134.

Soper, J. H. and M. L. Heimburger. 1982. Shrubs of Ontario. Toronto, Canada. The Royal Ontario Museum. 495 pp.

Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region. 4th ed.  Indiana Academy of Sciences, Indianoplis, IN. 921 pp.

The Michigan Botanist, published quarterly by the Mich. Botanical Club, c/o UM Herbarium, North University Bldg., Univ. of MI, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1057.

Voss, E. G. 1972. Michigan Flora. Part I, Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons. Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Bull. 55. Bloomfield Hills, MI. Cranbrook Institute of Science. 488 pp.

Voss, E. G. 1985. Michigan Flora. Part II, Dicots (Saururaceae - Cornaceae). Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Bull. 59. Bloomfield Hills, MI. Cranbrook Institute of Science. 724 pp.

Voss, E. G. 1996. Michigan Flora. Part III, Dicots (Pyrolaceae - Compositae).   Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Bull. 61. and University of Michigan Herbarium.  622 pp.

Wells, J.R.; F. W. Case, Jr. and T. L. Mellichamp.  Wildflowers of the Western Great Lakes Region


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