Boreal Hepaticae a Manual of the Liverworts of Minnesota and Adjacent Regions
Schuster RM. 1953. Boreal Hepaticae a Manual of the Liverworts of Minnesota and Adjacent Regions. The American Midland Naturalist. 49(2):257-684
The Hepaticae, or Liverworts, as they are popularly called, include moss-like plants that differ from the “true” mosses in a number of ways (see pp. 283), but most obviously in that they are more or less strongly flattened and dorsiventral (i.e., expanded in a horizontal plane). The amateur can profitably study the Hepaticae because his local studies often can contribute materially to what is known about the group. It is in the hope of making study of a difficult group easier for the non-specialist that this manual has been written. For this reason many illustrations are substituted for extensive descriptions, since it has been found through experience that one good figure is better than a page of description. The numerous figures are integrated as much as possible, with the keys, text, and glossary.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Schuster, Rudolf
- Units
- ISRO
- Keywords
- Boreal Forest, Liverworts (Hepaticopsida), Plant Studies