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title	:	Freshwater Wetlands : A Guide to Common Indicator Plants of the Northeast
author	:	Magee, Dennis W.
publisher	:	University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0870233173
print isbn13	:	9780870233173
ebook isbn13	:	9780585388083
language	:	English
subject	Wetland plants--Northeastern States--Identification, Plant indicators--Northeastern States--Identification, Wetlands--Northeastern States.
publication date	:	1981
lcc	:	QK117.M24 1981eb
ddc	:	581.5/26325
subject	:	Wetland plants--Northeastern States--Identification, Plant indicators--Northeastern States--Identification, Wetlands--Northeastern States.

Page i Dedicated to the memory of Harry Ahles, for his many achievements in plant taxonomy, for the interest in field botany he inspired, and for the encouragement and guidance given to his students over the years.

Page iii Freshwater Wetlands A Guide to Common Indicator Plants of the Northeast Dennis W. Magee Drawings by Abigail Rorer The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst

Page iv Copyright 1981 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Drawings by Abigail Rorer property of United States Government Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Magee, DennisW 1942 Freshwater wetlands. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Plant indicatorsNortheastern States Identification. 2. WetlandsNortheastern States. 1. Title. QK938.M3M25 581.5'26325 8026876 ISBN 0870233165 ISBN 0870233173 (pbk.)

Page v Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 How to Use This Guide 10 Key to Sections 11 1. Submerged plants, plants with floating or emersed leaves, and free-floating plants 12 2. Trees with needles or overlapping scale-like leaves 16 3. Broad-leaved trees and shrubs 17 4. Trees and shrubs without leaves (winter key to deciduous trees and shrubs) 23 5. Grass-like and rush-like plants 27 6. Plants with basal leaves and/or leafless stems or flowering stalks 32 8. Emergent or damp soil herbs with stems bearing opposite or whorled leaves 42 Species Descriptions 48 Rare and Uncommon Wetland Plants 230 Glossary 233 Literature Cited and Additional References 236 Index of Scientific and Common Names 237

Page vi Acknowledgements I am indebted to my wife, Helen, for her patience throughout the preparation of this book, and for typing much of the manuscript. I am also deeply indebted to Harry Ahles, curator of the University of Massachusetts herbarium, for permission to use the herbarium, for time generously spent reviewing the manuscript, and for many helpful comments and suggestions. Special thanks are given to Abigail Rorer, illustrator of the book, for her enthusiasm and special interest in the project. I am grateful for financial assistance provided by the Wildlife Management Institute. I am also grateful to Joe Larson and John Clark for their assistance in suggesting sources of funding for the book. Sincere thanks are given to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for their funding of the illustrations, and particularly to Bill Wilen, Ralph Tiner, and John Organ for their cooperation and critical review of the manuscript. I am indebted to Frank Golet for permission to use plates of the various wetland types first published in Golet and Larson (1974). Thanks are also given to staff members at Normandeau Associates, Inc., of Bedford, New Hampshire, for their support, particularly to Weldon Bosworth, and to Jane Bieniek and Judy Eaton for typing major sections of the manuscript. I would also like to thank Rod Gaskell of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, who made the initial suggestion for the book, and the staff at Interdisciplinary Environmental Planning, Inc., of Wayland, Massachusetts, for encouragement and support during the initial stages of the project.

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