Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society)

By William M. Klein and Ann Fowler Rhoads

The PA Flora Database (PFD) has its roots in the work of Edgar Wherry, John Fogg, Jr., and Herbert Wahl, the "Atlas of the Flora of PA", pub. by the Morris Arboretum of the Univ. of PA. Over a period of 40 years, Wherry and his colleagues gathered data from the major PA herbaria and manually placed a quarter of a million dots on over 3,500 maps, which are reproduced in this volume. The checklist of included taxa has undergone extensive review to reflect recent taxonomic and nomenclatural revisions. Recent discoveries have been added and distribution data has been updated. This volume also includes collections made in the 1990s in conjunction with the PA Natural Diversity Inventory. Extensive illustrations. Reprinted 1996.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871692074
• ISBN13: 9780871692078
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 9.6" x 13.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for geographic distribution

As would be expected from any publication by Ann Rhoads, this reference is an excellent source to determine the current geographical distribution of flora throughout the state. Contrary to many other reference books, this one also contains rarely encountered species and a breakdown to variety and subspecies as applicable.