[Taxacom] West Virginia Flora Checklist and Atlas

[Donna Ford-Werntz]

Greetings colleagues, Below is information about a new publication--for
your St. Pat's gift-giving or spring break reading.  Enjoy (sorry for
cross-posting) and please pardon the advertising (neither I nor the
herbarium receive any direct benefit).  Donna ANNOUNCING--The checklist
and county dot-map atlas of the vascular flora of West Virginia is now
available:
CHECKLIST AND ATLAS OF THE VASCULAR FLORA OF WEST VIRGINIA by Paul J.
Harmon, Donna Ford-Werntz, and William Grafton
This 381-page printed document includes a series of completely revised
lists of the vascular plants known to occur outside of cultivation in
West Virginia.  
County dot maps indicate from which counties each of the 2503 taxa is
recorded. Open and solid dots indicate whether each was recorded after
1976 or not.
Botanists, ecologists, foresters, biologists, land managers,
naturalists, horticulturalists and gardeners will all find this book
extremely valuable, providing …
 • a reference to names and classification of all the ferns, trees,
wildflowers and other vascular plants and the counties in the state in
which they occur;
• which species are native, introduced, adventive, or exotic;
• which are classified as wetland species, which may be invasive to
natural areas;
• those needing further field work,
• those needing systematic study, and
• those tracked by the West Virginia Natural Heritage program as state
rare.
 Each book is a spirally-bound, 8.5 x 11 inch formatted document
suitable as a field reference or an addition to one’s library or
herbarium shelf.  Inside front and back covers hold a table of
abbreviations and icons found throughout the book, and an index map of
the counties of West Virginia.
The entire work is indexed on common names, current scientific names as
well as the scientific names used in the classic manual, Flora of West
Virginia by P. D. Strausbaugh and Earl L. Core (Seneca Books, Inc.,
Morgantown, WV, 1977).
Color-coded Sections include:
 • Checklist by Division, Class, Family and Scientific Name
• Checklist by Scientific Name
• Exotic and Introduced Taxa Not Confirmed as Naturalized
• Reported Taxa Not Documented as Part of the Flora
• Taxa Excluded From the Checklist
• Atlas of the Native and Naturalized Vascular Flora
• Atlas of Exotic and Introduced Taxa Not Confirmed as Naturalized
 Cost:  $20 each, including shipping and applicable taxes
 To get your copy send check (made to WVDNR) with order (including your
mailing address) to:
Checklist and Atlas of the Vascular Flora of WV
Wildlife Diversity Program, Natural Heritage Group
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
P. O. Box 67, Ward Road
Elkins, WV  26241
VISA, MASTERCARD & DISCOVER ACCEPTED              
Or contact: Janet Iseli, (304)637-0245, janetiseli at wvdnr.gov