Landowner's Guide to State-Protected Plants of Forests in New York State

Lavishly illustrated with nearly two-hundred color photographs, the book shows key botanical details of each species and its habitat, a general introduction to the various categories of rarity in New York, and a glossary. Herbaceous species include eight club mosses, thirty-eight ferns, and sixty-seven wildflowers, including thirty-four native orchids. The thirty-two woody species include both trees and shrubs. Information about each species covers its general distribution in New York, growing conditions, key identification characteristics, and notes about its natural history.