Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast : : A Field Guide / / Peter Del Tredici.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Del Tredici, Peter,
• MitwirkendeR: Pickett, Steward T. A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: Second Edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.) :; 965 color photos, 1 b&w halftone, 1 map, 1 chart

In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities more livable and enjoyable. With more than 1000 photos, readers can easily identify these powerful plants. Learn about the fascinating cultural history of each plant.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the second edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mosses and Ferns -- Horsetails -- Conifers -- Woody Dicots -- Herbaceous Dicots -- Monocots -- Appendix 1. Urban Habitats and Their Preadapted Plants -- Appendix 2. Plants Treated in This Book That Are Included in Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica -- Appendix 3. European Plants Listed by Josselyn as Growing Spontaneously in New England in the Seventeenth Century -- Appendix 4. Species Suitable for a Cosmopolitan Urban Meadow -- Appendix 5. Shade-Tolerance Ratings of the 40 Trees Covered in This Book -- Appendix 6. Key Characteristics of Important Plant Families -- Glossary -- Index