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A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan

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The culmination of three decades of work by Michigan Natural Features Inventory ecologists, this crucial guidebook to the natural communities of Michigan introduces the diverse terrain of a unique state. Small enough to carry in a backpack, this field guide provides a system for dividing the complex natural landscape of Michigan into easily understood and describable components referred to as natural communities. Providing a new solution to explore Michigan’s many environments, this book details natural communities ranging from patterned fen to volcanic bedrock glade and beyond. The descriptions are supplemented with distribution maps, vibrant photographs, and comprehensive lists of characteristic plant species. The authors suggest places to talk over with to further study every form of natural community and provide a comprehensive word list of ecological terms, in addition to a dichotomous key for aiding field identification. An invaluable resource, this book is meant to serve as a tool for those looking for to remember, describe, document, conserve, and restore the diversity of natural communities native to Michigan.

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