Seeking recommendations

[urbpan]

My boss asked me if I knew of a good field guide to ferns and mosses (and "understory plants," as he called it) of the Northeast (North America) region. I had to admit that I didn't, but I would like to! I would love to ID the ferns and mosses and liverworts and horsetails and club-mosses (princess pine! I own a vintage copy of the Golden Guide to "Non-flowering plants" which covers fungi and lichens as well as spore-producing plants, and the Audubon guide to New England which has a few pages on Bryophytes and ferns and such. But a look on Amazon shows only a guide to the Northwestern region--curse them and their wonderful biodiversity!--nothing for us in the snowbound NE.

So, am I missing something? Is there another guide out there that covers what we're looking for?

I wish the "North Woods" series had one. The have the spider guide that I consult every time I find something with eight legs, and a tantalizing guide to lichens that I don't own yet, it would be nice for them to cover ferns and mosses.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

You should write one, too bad you don't know any photographers.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Can't help alas, but what is this spider guide of which you speak?!

[ndozo.livejournal.com]

Here is a list from a blog I had bookmarked: http://mossplants.blogspot.com/

On the blog, some of the books are linked to sites or PDFs.

* Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
* Introduction to Bryology
* Introduction to Bryophytes
* Liverworts of New England: A Guide for the Amateur Naturalist
* Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts and Other Miniatures
* Moss Grower's Handbook
* Mosses and Liverworts
* Mosses and Other Bryophytes, Illustrated Glossary, 2nd Ed.
* Mosses of the Great Lakes Forest
* Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses: From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden
* Outstanding Mosses & Liverworts of Pennsylvania & Nearby States
* Structural Diversity of Bryophytes
* The Elfin World of Mosses and Liverworts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale
* The Forest Carpet

[nextstory.livejournal.com]

Peterson Field Guides - Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America, 2nd ed., Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2005. ISBN 0618394060