New "Flora of Virginia" being published this year!

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http://www.floraofvirginia.org/

Flora of Virginia will describe more than 3,500 plant species in 200 families, accompanied by 1,400 captioned, scaled, and botanically accurate illustrations. Generating the entry for just one species takes four to eight hours' work. First, a family treatment is developed through herbarium and literature research. The authors decide which species are native and which have been introduced and are self-sustaining in the wild and so also warrant inclusion. They develop an identification key to the genera within the family and a similar key to the species within each genus. They then develop a description for each species, mining the literature to compile information on morphology, habitat, biological status, and range.

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1. That book is one of the most useful flora in my world, even though I don't live in Virginia.

Because of Virginia's great variety in habitat, elevation, etc, almost anyone in the neighboring states (including PA in my case) can use it with great benefit. I love that book. I'll certainly buy the new one, but I will never stop using my old one too.

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2. I own Gleason& Cronquist, but not the 1796 Flora of Virgina... I am SO looking forward to this!

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3. +100