Plant
Communities of New Jersey
Price: $23.00
Subtitle: A Study in Landscape Diversity
Author: Beryl Robichaud Collins, Karl H.
Anderson
Subject: New Jersey and the
Region/Ecology and Environmental
Paper ISBN 0-8135-2071-1
Cloth ISBN 0-8135-2070-3
Pages: 280 pp. 84 b&w illus.
Description:
From the ridgetops of the north to the Pinelands of the
south, New Jersey's natural areas display an astonishing variety of
plant life. This book--a completely revised edition of the classic
Vegetation of New Jersey--enables readers to understand why the
vegetation of New Jersey is what it is today and what it may become.
The book portrays New Jersey as an ecosystem--its geology,
topography and soil, climate, plant-plant and plant-animal
relationships, and the human impact on the environment. The authors
describe in detail the twelve types of plant habitats distinguished in
New Jersey and suggest places to observe good examples of them.
The book is amply illustrated with photographs of plant
communities and individual species and maps. The appendixes provide a
cross reference between the common and scientific names of native
plants of New Jersey, and hints for plant identification.
Scientifically accurate yet written in a lively style, Plant
Communities of New Jersey belongs on the bookshelf of every New
Jerseyan who cares about the environment.
About the Author:
Beryl Robichaud Collins co-authored, with Murray F. Buell,
Vegetation of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press, 1973). Karl H.
Anderson is director of Rancocas Nature Center in Mt. Holly, New
Jersey.
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