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Author:

Exeter, Ronald L., author.

Title:

Rare bryophytes of Oregon / Ronald L. Exeter, Judith Harpel, and David Wagner.

Publisher:

U.S. Department of the InteriorBureau of Land Management, Salem District,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 379 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm + CD-ROM (3 3/4 in.)

Subject:

Rare bryophytes--Oregon--Identification.
Rare bryophytes--Oregon--Classification.
Rare bryophytes--Oregon--Pictorial works.
Rare mosses--Oregon--Identification.
Rare mosses--Oregon--Classification.
Rare mosses--Oregon--Pictorial works.
Endangered plants--Oregon--Identification.
Endangered plants--Oregon--Classification.
Endangered plants--Oregon--Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Harpel, Judith, author.
Wagner, David H., 1945- author.
United States. Salem District, Salem District, issuing body.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-377). "August 2016." "Ronald L. Exeter is a botanist for the Marys Peak Field Office ; Judith Harpel is an Adjunct Professor and Curator of Bryophytes ; David Wagner is an independent botanist specializing in bryophytes and ferns." Initial design : the authors and Maxwell R. Ratkai, Letter 13 Creative ; Layout, improvements, formatting : Maxwell R. Ratkai, Letter 13 Creative. Shipping list. no.: 2016-0368-P.

Contents:

Literature cited. Publications and references -- Life history strategies and ecological roles -- Threats to bryophyte sites -- Conservation considerations -- Data gaps -- Distribution -- Classification -- Division bryophyta : the mosses -- Division anthocerotophyta : hornworts -- Division marchantiophyta : thalloid liverworts -- Division marchantiophyta : leafy liverworts -- Distribution maps -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Vascular plant references -- Literature cited.

Summary:

The 2013 Oregon Biodiversity Information Center's (ORBIC) species of concern list identifies one hornwort, 39 liverworts and 102 moss species occurring in Oregon as rare, threatened or endangered. This Bureau of Land Management publication provides for each species current nomenclature, distinctive taxonomic characteristics, technical description, similar species, ecology, mapped known distributions, references, and a photomicrograph plate. This work gives a much-needed review of known species locations by both county and ecoregions. Additionally, this publication includes species proposed for inclusion into the 2016 ORBIC list.

ISBN:

0979131049
9780979131042

OCLC:

(OCoLC)957296368

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)