Vascular Flora of Illinois: A Field Guide. 4th rev ed. 2013.illus. 544 p. Paper bd.

This latest editon of Vascular Flora of Illinois includes over thirty-four hundred species of flora from Illinois, adding more than 250 newly-recongized plants to this definitive collection. Because catalouging our hertiage is foremst in importance among naturalist, this book complies essential information about plants in Illinois. Mohlenbrock includes all known taxa native to Illinois either at present or in the past and all non-native vascular plants that grow spontaneously and appear able tomaintain themselves year after year without cultivation. The sequence of groups in the guide is ferns, conifers, and flowering plants with cotyledons given before monocotyledons. Within each group, the families are arranged alphabetically, as are the genera within eah family and the species within each genus. For each taxon recongized in this book, Mohlenbrock gives us a common name if one is generally used in Illinois. He follows this with an indication of flowering time for flowering plants, and of spore-production time in the case of ferns and their relative. He also provides a habitat statement and a genreal comment on distribution in Illinois for each taxon.Containing information on Illinois flora not available anywhere else, t his fourth edition of Vascular Flora of Illinois is essential for ecologists, environmentalist, and land developers. Those interested in wildflower idenification will also find this guide helpful.