LEADER 00000nam 22004571i 4500 001 frd00029127 003 CtWfDGI 005 20190614135553.0 006 m o d 007 cr un ---anuuu 008 190614s2015 xx o 000 0 eng d 020 9781621901365|q(pdf) 024 3 9781621901365 040 CtWfDGI|beng|erda|cCtWfDGI 043 n-us-tn 050 4 QK187 082 04 581.9768|223 100 1 Chester, Edward W.,|eauthor. 245 10 Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee /|cEdward W. Chester. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bUniversity of Tennessee Press,|c[2015] 264 4 |c©2015 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 506 Access limited to subscribing institutions. 520 The product of twenty-five years of planning, research, and writing , Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee is the most comprehensive, detailed, and up-to-date resource of its kind for the flora of the Volunteer State, home to nearly 2,900 documented taxa. Not since Augustin Gattingers extensive keys are indexed by families, scientific names, and common names. The result is a user- friendly work that researchers, students, environmentalists, foresters, conservationists, and indeed anyone interested in Tennessee and its botanical legacy and resources will value for years to come. Edward W. Chester is professor emeritus of biology at Austin Peay State University, where he taught botany and curated the herbarium for more than forty-five years. B. Eugene Wofford is director of the University of Tennessee Herbarium and coauthor (with Professor Chester) of Guide to the Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Tennessee. Joey Shaw is associate professor of biological and environmental sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dwayne Estes is associate professor of biology and curator of the herbarium at Austin Peay State University. David H. Webb is a retired biologist from the Tennessee Valley Authority. In addition, more than 20 experts from throughout the country contributed family or genera treatments, including Andrea Shea Bishop (rare species botanist, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation), Claude Bailey (associate professor, Jackson State Community College), Hal R. DeSelm (professor emeritus, University of Tennessee), Dennis Horn (amateur botanist and wildflower photographer, retired engineer), Chris Fleming (senior project scientist, BDY Environmental), Aaron Floden (graduate student, University of Tennessee), William H. Martin (professor emeritus, Eastern Kentucky University and former commissioner of Kentucky's Department of Natural Resources), Mary Patten Priestley (curator of the herbarium, The University of the South), and Edward Schilling (professor, University of Tennessee). 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Plants|zTennessee|vClassification. 650 0 Plants|zTennessee|vIdentification. 650 7 NATURE / General.|2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. 700 1 Estes, Dwayne,|eauthor. 700 1 Shaw, Joey,|eauthor. 700 1 Webb, David H.,|eauthor. 700 1 Wofford, S. Eugene,|eauthor. 710 2 Tennessee Flora Committee. 776 08 |iPrint version:|tGuide to the vascular plants of Tennessee.|dKnoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]|z9781621901006 (hbk.)|w(DLC)2014023329 914 frd00029127
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