Environmental and Plant Biology

Departmental Representatives

Most professional librarians serve as subject bibliographers for one or more academic departments or programs. They work with the faculty members to develop the library's collection, promote its use and provide library instruction.

For environmental and plant biology, the subject bibliographer is:

Andrew Stuart, Reference Librarian
Office: Alden Library Reference Department (2nd Floor Learning Commons)
Phone: 593-2698
Email: stuarta@ohio.edu

The faculty library liaison is:

Dr. Jared L. DeForest, Assistant Professor
Office:
Phone: 593-0742
Email: deforest@ohio.edu

Ohio University's Environmental and Plant Biology home page is located at http:// www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/.

General Internet Resources

Scott's Botanical Links
Reviews and rates sites on the WEB. Includes links to major sites and allows you to do a subject search for all the past reviewed sites. Indexes 2282 links in Botany and related areas. Link of the day plus monthly list . This is a very well done site.

Internet Directory for Botany
"The Internet Directory of Botany is an index to botanical information available on the Internet". A high quality site compiled by a number of individuals who should know what they are doing. Good subject listings with search capabilities.

Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research - Biodiversity and Environmental Resources Links
URL: http://155.187.10.12/net/environment.html#DATABASE
This has proven to be a useful resource for identifying electronic versions of a number of standard reference sources. Links to such things as the electronic version of Index Herbariorum.

World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Botany
Another directory of botanical resources; this one also includes search capabilities.

Garden Web
A commercial site dealing with gardening with links to other horticultural sites; some useful listings of seed sources.

Cyndi's Catalog of Catalogs

Ohio University's Environmental and Plant Biology - Plant Biology Links
Local; includes links to sites that are of local interest as well as those of broader interest. Reflects the interests of the department's faculty.

World Wide Web Virtual Library - Mycology
URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~fungi/
Links to mycological sites of interest to professional and amateur.

Botany Related WWW Sites
Still another botany site with a different arrangement that some will find more to their liking. Includes sites aimed at children.

List of WWW Sites of Interest to Ecologists
Alphabetical list of sites only, no topical divisions.

Finding Books

There are three different "levels" of searching involved in trying to locate particular books or books a a particular topic.

1. ALICE. Search ALICE, Ohio University's online catalog. ALICE will give you call number, location, and availability status for books on all campuses of Ohio University. If a book is not available in the library you are using, you may be able to request it from one of the other campuses using ALICE's "Request Item" button.
2. OhioLINK. If no Ohio University campus can provide you with the item, try the OhioLINK Central Catalog, which represents the combined holdings of more than 50 libraries around the state. You may request items through the OhioLINK Central Catalog as long as they are not indicated as available at any Ohio University campus.
3. Interlibrary Loan. If no OhioLINK member library can provide you with a particular book, you may wish to try to obtain it elsewhere. You can use WorldCat to locate items in other libraries. Then use ILLiad, our Interlibrry Loan service, to request these items.

Library of Congress Call Numbers

If you wish to browse in the stacks, here are some of the specific subject areas and their Library of Congress Call Numbers. Unless otherwise stated in ALICE's Location information, these items will be on the 7th floor of Alden Library.

Journals

The Ohio University Libraries have access to more than 200 journals on Environmental and Plant Biology. In many cases, our holdings of the printed volumes of these journals go back many years. In recent years, a number of journals have become available in electronic format. This list of journals (both electronic and print) contains links to ALICE which show our holdings of printed journals and links to the electronic journals themselves, most of which are available through OhioLINK.

Please note that, generally speaking, only very recent years of journals are available online, and that access to them is restricted to Ohio University students, faculty, and staff.

If the title you are looking for is not listed on that list, do a Title search on ALICE:

Indexes and Abstracts

When you are looking for specific information on a topic, it is usually a good idea to use indexes to help you identify relevant articles. These are the more important indexes for this subject area.

• The primary index for articles in the life sciences. The online version covers the biological literature from 1990-present. It indexes over 5500 journals as well as conference literature and book chapters. This database is updated quarterly.
• The print version of Biosis Previews consists of two separate titles:
  • Biological Abstracts
  • Biological Abstracts, RRM (Reports, Reviews & Meetings)
• For more information about the provider see:http://www.biosis.org/
• For some useful information about the indexing see the Reference Shelf Menu
• For more information on searching, see also The Biosis Search Guide

• More up to date than the above but with narrower coverage; check here for very current articles. If you already possess a few good references dealing with your topic or wish to follow the progress of someone's ideas, make use of the Cited Reference Search feature.
• Click on the title for more information.

• Continues Index to European Taxonomic Literature [Reference QK96.R4] from 1971 to present; now quarterly, and usually about a year behind in its coverage. The current title is broader in its coverage of the literature than was the former title. Subject coverage includes taxonomy, nomenclature, chromosome surveys, chemotaxonomy, anatomy, morphology, embryology, reproductive biology, new species, floristics, biosystematics, bibliography and biography. It is most useful for material on specific families or species of plants; it is also useful in areas like biogeography, where Biosis is weak because of its arrangement. Lower plants and fungi are not covered. Subject and Author approach.
• Call Number: Reference Z5354.C53K48 in Alden Library Reference Department
• An online version of the database currently contains some 175 thousand references published from 1971 to 2000; new references are added once a week. To make full use of this database, you should complete the FREE registration process. The database is available here

• An online index to the agricultural literature produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. There are separate indexes for the serial and book portions of this database.
• You may want to look at the advanced search which offers more features.

Sources of Journal Abbreviations

If you are stuck with a citation that you cannot figure out because you have no idea what the actual title of the journal or conference proceedings is, here are some helpful sources.

B-P-H Botanico - Periodicum - Huntianum. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1968 (+ 1991 Supplement)
Call Number: Reference Z5353.H85

This work provides standard abbreviations for 12,000 journals dealing with plants; in addition, it includes approximately 12,000 further abbreviations for those same titles found in other works. For non-standard abbreviations, reference is given to the standard abbreviation and from that to the full title. The supplement is a partial revision of the original and expands coverage to 25,000 titles. Another useful source for earlier titles that is more general is World List of Scientific Periodicals, 1900-1960. [Reference Z7403.W923].

BIOSIS Serial Sources. Philadelphia: BIOSIS, 1995-
Call Number: Ref Z5321.B68a 1998 at Alden Library Reference Desk

Serial Sources for the BIOSIS Database [QH301.B372x 1988] Philadelphia, BioSciences Information Service. Althought the first title is more current it is arranged alphabetical by title while the second is alphabetically by abbreviation. The abbreviations used here should be considered to be standard abbreviations for biological titles.

Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI). Columbus: Chemical Abstracts Service, 1994 + annuals + quarterlies.
Call Number: Ref Desk Z5353.A52 1907-1994 + supplements at Alden Library Reference Desk

Probably the most extensive list of abbreviations for scientific journals available; although it serves as a source for abbreviations used in Chemical Abstracts. Chemical Abstracts' wide indexing policy makes it useful in many other areas as well. It is an excellent source for titles of foreign journals, especially Japanese and Russian. Includes library holdings of participating libraries for held titles.

Reference Sources

Knowing where to look for the definition of an unfamiliar term or good definitions of familiar terms is not as easy as it seems. Hopefully these will help.

Biotech Life Science Dictionary
URL: http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html

Not that large, but it is online 8300+ definitions. Links to other sources for definitions.

Garden Web Glossary
URL: http://www.gardenweb.com/glossary/

Another source of definitions that is online good for the amateur and the gardener.

Jackson, B. D. Glossary of Botanic Terms. London, Duckworth, 1960.
Call Number: Ref QK9.J3 1960x

Still the standard source for definitions with 25,000 terms defined . Includes derivations and pronunciation of terms. Definitions are more complete and point out differences of usage within the disciplines. Certainly of use to taxonomists.

Usher, George. A Dictionary of Botany. London, Constable, 1966.
Call Number: Ref QK9.U8

Short definitions of 10,000 terms; some overlap with Jackson but includes more from biochemistry and genetics.

Allaby, Michael. A Dictionary of Plant Science. London, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Call Number: Ref QK 9.D52 1998x

5000 entries. More detailed explanation of terms and concepts than either of the above. Includes more terms from related areas of biology, including terms from earth sciences and ecology. Better for recent terminology, but not so good for taxonomic terms.

Lawrence, Eleanor. Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1995. Eleventh Edition.
Call Number: Ref QH13.H38 11th ed. 1995

A good biological dictionary with a number of useful appendices including outlines of the five Kingdoms. Includes 23,000 definitions, current.

Roe, Keith E. & Frederick, Richard G. Dictionary of Theoretical Concepts in Biology. Metuchen,NJ, Scarecrow Press. 1981.
Call Number: Ref QH302.5.R63

A dictionary of concepts with citations to the literature; entries do not include full definitions, but do indicate the basic topic. See references for concepts with variant names, variants are listed with the main entry.

Lincoln, Roger; Boxshall, Geof & Clark, Paul. A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1998. Second edition
Call Number: QH540.4.L56 199]

Well-done and current. You will find definitions for many of the concepts in [Roe] . Many useful appendices: nomenclature for soil profiles, geologic periods, genetic code and much else. Useful in combination with [Henderson].

King, Robert C. & Stansfield, William D. A Dictionary of Genetics. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1990. Fourth Edition.
Call Number: Ref QH427.K55 1990b

A specialized dictionary but needed because genetics is so central to biology. Organisms that have been used for genetic studies are listed (Zea mays) along with the Author (date) associated with that research. Appendices include a chronology. There is an Author index to the chronology; other appendices are included.

Kahl, Gunter. Dictionary of Gene Technology. Weinheim. VCH. 1995
Call Number: QH506.K333 1995

A specialized literature with its own unique and rapidly changing vocabulary. Terms are given explanatory definitions along with illustrations when those are useful. The list of abbreviations at the beginning is necessary as they are used freely throughout the text.

Dictionaries may define the terms and tell you something about the topic, but an encyclopedia treats the topic in depth. In terms of encyclopedic works there is not a lot available.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
URL: http://www.els.net/

This is a work in progress. It is expected to be finished in 2001; when finished it will consist of 700 articles. The articles are all written by respected professionals. The arrangement is A-Z, but since it is electronic the arrangement really does not matter. Scholarly articles of some substance intended for readers with some knowledge of the field. Thirty-one articles on plant biology.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. New York. McGraw-Hill. 1997. 8th ed. Call Number: Ref Q121.M3 1997

The standard science encyclopedia in the English language. Written with the generalist in mind, this is a reliable source for general information on a topic. Articles are signed and written by experts.

Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology. New York.Wiley.1999.
Call Number: Ref QH506.C74 1999

Well-done thoroughly referenced articles, even very short articles are attributed. Part of a series of biotechnology encyclopedias being produced by Wiley. Articles vary in length from one column to chapter length. A useful source for identifying core articles on a subject.

Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. New York. Academic Press.1995
Call Number: Ref QH540.4.E52 1995

Chapter-size articles that cover very broad topics. Written in a manner that will be accessible to the layman. Not as scholarly in its coverage of its topics as is "Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology".

Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology; new series. Berlin, Springer-Verlag. 1975-
Call Number: QK11.2.E5

Encyclopedic in its coverage of the topic, but not in arrangement. Each volume or set of volumes has its own title, e.g., "Transport in Plants," which is in three volumes. A useful place to start either for identifying earlier work or for developing an understanding of a topic you are unfamiliar with.

This is a hodgepodge of materials that are of particular use to the taxonomist. Two obvious sources have already been given: Biological Abstracts and Index to Taxonomic Literature.

International Organization for Plant Information
URL: http://iopi.csu.edu.au/iopi/

"IOPI is the International Organization for Plant Information. This organisation came into being on September 20th, 1991, at a meeting at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, hosted by the Australian Biological Resources Study. Forty-nine botanists from eleven countries participated. The genesis of the new international organisation lay in discussions arising from an initial proposal by Kew to establish, with a consortium of major herbaria, a computerized taxonomic database - the Species Plantarum Project (SPP) - and those held at Delphi, under the auspices of TDWG, in October 1990, to consider the establishment of a Global Plant Species Information System (GPSIS). "

This is a work in progress at this time. The Global Plant Checklist is at its provisional stage and the Species Plantarum Project is under development. Links to the available databases of participant institutions are available. See Berendsohn TAXON 46:283-309. 1997. See also International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases ( http://www.tdwg.org/). "Historically, the International Union for Biological Sciences (IUBS), Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG) has addressed data standards for plant taxonomic databases. Membership has encompassed major botanical institutions and projects from around the globe. In 1994, the Work Group was given the role by the IUBS to encompass taxonomic databases in general and now has members in zoology and microbiology." This has links to standards sites.

TAXON: journal of the international association of plant taxonomy. Berlin. The International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. 1961-
Click for Library Holdings

This is an excellent source for current information as well as book reviews of related materials.

Index Kewensis. Compiled by B. Daydon Jackson under the direction of Joseph D. Hooker. Oxford; Clarendon Press. 1895 (1960). 2 volumes
Call Number: Ref QK11.I4

An enumeration of the genera and species of plants from the time of Linnaeus to the year 1885 inclusive, together with their authors' name, the works in which they were first published, their native countries and their synonyms. Supplements 1886- 1995 in 20 volumes. Beginning with suppl. XVI, 1971- includes names of seed-bearing plants at the rank of family and below.

Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Ellen R. Farr, Jan A. Leussink and Frans Stafleu editors. Utrecht; Bohn, Schltema & Holkema. 1979. 3 volumes + supplement
Call Number: Ref QK11.I46x

Coverage includes cryptogramic plants, hepatics, ferns,algae, fungi, and lichens. Coverage of names is through 1970 with some groups being more recent.The supplement takes coverage to 1979. For more recent flowering plant names see "Index Kewensis." Includes 63,500 names; the supplement adds 2500 more. Includes generic name, author, bibliographic citation, type, species, nomenclature, status, and taxonomic placement. See also online edition at http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing/

Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera. Compiled and edited by Werner Greuter, Richard K. Brummitt, Ellen Farr, Norbert Kilian, Paul M,. Kirk and Paul C. Silva.
Call Number: Reference QK96.N35

Listing of "28,041 generic names currently in use for extant algae, bryophytes, ferns, flowering plants and fungi." Does not include fossil plants. Extensive list of contributors, covers names that were extant and published before January 1, 1991. All names are to be considered validly published. Citation to where first published, type species, rejected synonyms, taxonomic placement. See also http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/ncu/default.htm

Indices Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium. Alphabetical Listing by Genera of Validly Published Suprageneric Names. Entries as of 29 April 1999 . James L. Reveal. Norton-Brown Herbarum, Rm. 1211 H.J. Patterson Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-5815, U.S.A.
URL: http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/fam/inspvindex.html

Listings of validly published extant vascular plant suprageneric names from 1753 to the present. The lists contains 6500 names. "Names at and above the rank of family all known to (author) to have been published from 1753 to present. Suprageneric names at the rank of suborder and below the rank of family ... are restricted to ... those known to be published from 1753 - 1899." Each entry includes all relevant bibliographic citations.

Fossilium Catalogus II. Plantae. 's-Gravenhage [etc.] W. Junk. 1913-
Call Number: Reference Z6033.P2F67x

We do not have all of this; it is an index to fossil plants and is still being published. Arrangement is by Genera within larger taxonomic groupings. Later parts provide synopses of the literature (to date?). Consult also "Biosis Previews" and "Georef" for more recent literature. Difficult.

International Plants Name Index.
URL: http://www.ipni.org/

Background information on the project as well as links to other sites that are part of this project. Access to plant names, authors, publications, and collections.

Genera File of Fossil Spores and Pollen. Jan Jansonius & L. V. Hills. Calgary. University of Calgary.1976-
Call Number: Ref QE993.J36.1976x

A card index arranged by genera. Each card includes to whom the name is attributed date of priority, citation, type, species, and diagnosis. Line drawings are included for many of the genera. Kept relatively up to date by supplements.

Biosystematic Literature, Contributions to a Biosystematic Literature Index (1945-1964). O. T. Solbrig and Th W. J. Gadella. Utrecht; Uithof. 1970.
Call Number: Ref ÝQK11 .S6xÝ

"A source of references in the field of Biosystematics for the use of the scientist who does not have access to a large library." Heavy emphasis on chromosome number literature, a good place to begin. For additional plant chromosome literature see "Khromosomnye chisla tsvetkovykh rastennii" and "Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers".

Gray Card Index
URL: http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu/Data/Gray/gray.html

From Harvard University Herbarium. This replaces the print version of the card index, it "includes over 325,00 citations of names of New World vascular plants." Its information for names for New World plants is more complete than what is in Index Kewensis.

w3TROPICOS
URL: http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html

Missouri Botanical Garden. This provides access to the "Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST nomenclature database and associated authority files." Separate databases exist for nomenclature and bibliography for Bryophytes and Vascular Plants as well as specimens and images for vascular plants. It also provides access to the database that create the newer volumes of Index to Plant Chromosomes.

Khromosomnye chisla tsvetkovykh rastennii. Leningrad. NAUKA. 1969. Koenigstein : O. Koeltz, 1974. (Chromosome numbers of flowering plants)
Call Number: Reference QK725.K45 1974x.

English and Russian. Flowering plants only; covers the literature to 1969. Arranged alphabetically by family name then by genus. References to Russian authors are in Cyrillic. Extensive.

Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers. St. Louis. Missouri Botanical Garden. 1958, 1965-1992/93.
Call Number: ÝRef QK725 .I454x

See also w3Tropicos.This publication has gone through several different publishers and editors. It includes plant chromosome numbers for plants and fungi. Entries are arranged family species and include number for sporophytic (2n) and if available gametic (n) and a literature reference.

Taxonomic Literature, a Selective Guide to Botanical Publications and Collections with Dates, Commentaries and Types. Second edition. Frans A. Stafleu and Richard S.Cowan. Utrecht. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. 1976. Supplements
Call Number: Ref Z5354.C53S83 1976x

An extensive listing of the works of collectors, both major and minor. Not limited to vascular plants, includes fungi as well as lower non-vascular plants. Entries include author's dates, a brief biographical description, and a proposed abbreviation of the author's name. Location of herbaria and types of the author. Bibliography of works of the author as well as biographical sources if exist. Published sources of handwriting. Use of authors names in generic names of plants and journal titles. The supplements have expanded the original scope of the work by giving greater coverage than was originally intended. The supplements are through Di. See also Plant Taxonomists Online http://www.unm.edu/~jmygatt/waissrch2.html. Limited information compared to above for living taxonomists.

Authors of Plant Names: a List of Authors of Scientific Names of Plants, with Recommended Standard Forms of Their Names, Including Abbreviations. edited by R.K. Brummitt and C.E. Powell. London Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. 1992.
Call Number: QK QK96 .A87 1992x.

This material is also available as a database at http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu/Data/Author/author.html. It covers higher and lower plants as well as fungi and has been endorsed by TDWG as the standard work for the citation of author names.

Draft Index of Author Abbreviations, compiled at the Herbarium. London. HMSO. 1980.
Call Number: Ref QK11 .K4 1980x This is a list of the abbreviations for authors that were used in Index Kewensis; it includes the abbreviation, author's full name, and dates.

Index Herbariorum. Bronx. New York Botanical Gardens.1990 Editors P. K. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgrem and L. C. Barnett.
Call Number: Ref QK75.I55 1990x].

Part I: The Herbaria of the World (1990). Arranged by country-city-herbarium. Information on size, staff, if exchanges are available and collection strengths. See also http://www.nybg.org/bsci/ih/. Part 2: Collectors (1954-1988). Names, dates, place collection is housed. See also Taxonomic Literature. Later portions of the alphabet are more current.

International Directory of Botanical Gardens V. Compiled by Christine A. Heywood and Vernon H. Heywood. Koenigstein, Koeltz Scientific Books, 1990 .
Call Number: Ref QK71.I49x 5th ed. 1990

Alphabetical by country, then city . Annual rainfall, size of collection, special areas of interest, research areas, publications, when open, whom to contact. See also http://www.aabga.org/.

Multisite Living Collections Searches. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
URL: http://www.rbge.org.uk/forms/multisite.html

Allows you to simultaneously search the living collections of a dozen major gardens. You may use scientific or common name.

GRIN Taxonomy
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/index.html.

Provides "the structure and nomenclature for the accessions of the National Plant Germplasm System(NPGS) http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/. Many plants (37,000 taxa, 14,000 genera) are included in GRIN taxonomy, especially economic plants. A recent paper on GRIN taxonomy provides a thorough discussion of data standards and taxonomic philosophy." Access by common and scientific name; primarily for economic plants.

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature: (Tokyo code) adopted by the Fifteenth International Botanical Congress, Yokohama, August-September 1993 / prepared and edited by W. Greuter, chairman ; F.R. Barrie ... [et al.] members. Kgstein, Germany : Koeltz Scientific Books, 1994
Call Number: Reference QK96.I55 1994x

The current version of the code, which includes information on accepted and rejected names, is kept up to date by Taxon. See also IAPT's site http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/IAPT/nomenclature/default.htm for current information.

Hegnauer, R. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Eine Ubersicht uber die Verbreitung und die systematische Bedeutung der Planzenstoffe. Basel. Birkhauser Verlag. 1962-
Call Number: QK861 .H44 (Alden Library, 7th floor)

Good summary by family name of the botanical chemistry literature. In German. No longer received.

Frodin, D. G. Guide to Standard Floras of the World, An annotated, geographically arranged systematic bibliography of the principal floras, enumerations, checklists, and chronological atlases of different areas. London, Cambridge University Press, 1984
Call Number: Ref Z5351.F76

The subtitle says it best. Obviously dated, but still an excellent source.

Taxon
Call Number: QK96 .T38 Current issues in Current Periodicals (2nd floor of Alden Library); older issues on 7th floor.

Check the annual index in the November issue for current publishing information. Also run this search http://www.cathay.net/cgi-bin/htgrep/?flora in Internet Directory for Botany.

Index Holmensis, a World Phytogeographic Index. Edited by Hans Tralau. Zurich, The Scientific Publishers Ltd., 1969-  Currently 8 volumes.
Call Number: Ref QK11.I378x

This has had a long history of publication. Its original editor is dead, and for awhile there was some doubt that it would ever be completed. Volume One covers vascular plants through the Gymnospermae, Volumes Two and 3hree the Monocotyledoneae, and Volumes 4our through Eight the Dicotyledoneae through the letter M. Arrangement is by genus. Entries include bibliographic information and geographical area mapped. Later volumes are more current and complete than are earlier volumes. See also Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps. Compiled by Claire Englander and Philip Hoehn. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps.html. This has links to numerous sites, most of which are actual maps.

Flora of North America, North of Mexico. Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993-
Call Number: Ref QK110.F55 1993 (also another copy in the General Stacks on the 7th floor of Alden Library)

This is a work-in-progress. At this point, we have through Volume Three and will add volumes as they continue to appear. The first volume is an introduction with a number of general articles of wide interest that deal with the region. Volume Two covers the Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms; Volume Three, Magnoliphyta (Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae). Entries include nomenclatural information, physical description, flowering period, distribution map and environment, added discussion of economic or herbal use, whether native or introduced, possible subspecies or variant names. A web site contains current information on the project http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA. The set is expected to be finished in 30 volumes.

Rickett, Harold William. Wild Flowers of the United States. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1966-73.
Call Number: Ref QK115.R5 v. 1. The Northeastern States (2 volumes) v. 2. The Southeastern States (2 volumes) v. 3. Texas (2 volumes) v. 4. The Southwestern States (3 volumes) v. 5. The Northwestern States (2 volumes) v. 6. The Central Mountains and Plains (3 volumes)

This is intended for the non-botanist. Entries include a description when the plant flowers; where it can be found, both geographically and environmentally; other plants which it might be confused with; common names; and a photograph. Includes both native and immigrant species.

Gleason, Henry A. and Cronquist, Arthur. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Bronx, New York Botanical Garden. 1991. Second Edition.
Call Number: Reference, Stacks QK117.G49 1991

The standard field manual for the Northeastern United States. Detailed keys. Detailed plant descriptions and distribution information. Common name, variant nomenclature, and related possibly confused species. Habitat. The associated volume provides detailed (when necessary) illustrations.

See also the related title: Holmgren, Noel H. The Illustrated Companion to Gleason and Cronquist's Manual, illustrations of the vascular plants of Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Bronx, The New York Botanical Garden, 1998.

Call Number: Ref QK117.H65 1998 (also another copy in the General Stacks on the 7th floor of Alden Library)

Kartesz, John .A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada and Greenland. Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Portland, Timber Press, 1994.
Call Number: Ref QK110.K37 1994 Second Edition.

URL: http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA

General arrangement Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Angiospermae. Separate list of excluded names. Tables indicating number of species at both the family and generic level. Basically an enumeration of known species native and naturalized. The web site is actually more useful, since it includes a linked database that can provide anything from only a name as well as distribution information and links to US Fish and Wildlife Services pages for species that are threatened.

Scoggan, H. J. Flora of Canada. Ottawa : National Museum of Natural Sciences, National Museums of Canada : available from National Museums of Canada Marketing Services, 1978-
Call Number: QK1.P84 no.7 pt1-4 (General Stacks, 7th floor of Alden Library)

Keyed lists; all descriptions are found by using the key. Entries include references distribution and habitat, whether it was native or naturalized. References include distribution maps if such references exist.

Little, E. L. Atlas of United States Trees. Washington, D.C. , U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1971-
Call Number: A 1.38:1146, 1293, 1341, 1342, 1361, 1410] (Alden Government Documents Department, 5th floor)

In six volumes these being : V.1 Conifers and important hardwoods, V.2 Alaska Trees and Shrubs, V.3 Minor western hardwoods, V.4 Minor eastern hardwoods, V.5 Florida, V.6 Supplement ( Index to all volumes and Hawthorns). Not shelved together. V.1 oversize. Sequence of volumes matches call number. Maps are at two scales; if species extends outside U.S. there is a continent wide distribution map along with a more detailed map for the United States and southern Canada.

Braun, E. Lucy. The Monocotyledoneae; cat-tails to orchids, by E. Lucy Braun. With Gramineae by Clara G. Weishaupt. Original drawings by Elizabeth Dalv!nd Elizabeth King. [Columbus]: Ohio State University Press [1967]
Call Number: QK180 .V35 v.1 (General Stacks, 7th floor of Alden Library)

The Dicotyledoneae of Ohio. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, -c1988
Call Number: QK180 .V35 v.2 Pt.2 (General Stacks, 7th floor of Alden Library)

Part 2: Linaceae through Campanulaceae; Part 3 :Asteraceae. All are volumes in a series supported by the Ohio Academy of Sciences.

Wayne National Forest Ecological Classification Handbook. Washington, D.C. United States Department of Agriculture. Wayne National Forest.
Call Number: A 13.36/2: W36 (Alden Government Documents Department, 5th floor)

Of local interest. Deals with habitat associations within the Wayne National Forest. Photos of indicator plants for specific land types along with soil profile descriptions.