Sedges: Carex (The Illustrated Flora of Illinois)

Product Description



Sedges: Carex is the fourteenth volume of The Illustrated Flora of Illinois series and the sixth and last volume devoted to monocots-plants that have a single seed leaf, or cotyledon, upon germination. 

Since the volume's original publication in 1999, thirty-four additional species of plants have been recognized in Illinois. Some are discoveries from recent field work, some are from more thorough searches of herbaria, and others are from different taxonomic philosophies. 

For each species of Carex in Illinois, there is a full illustration showing the habit of the plant and close-ups of various vegetative and reproductive structures that are crucial for the identification of the individual species. There is also a complete description of each species as well as a detailed discussion of the nomenclature and habitats. Range maps show the county distribution of each species in Illinois. A new and detailed key is provided for identification of the species.


Review



 “The Illustrated Flora of Illinois is a major contribution to our understanding of the plant life of the state in that it provides keys, descriptions, and illustrations of
Carex, a taxonomically difficult group. Beginning in 1967, Robert Mohlenbrock has provided a consistent high-quality product in this series. The author’s knowledge of sedges is superb. . . . The illustrations are exceptionally well drawn and uniform throughout the text. The consistent illustration of the critical features of each species (i.e., habit, pistillate scale, perigynium, and achene) makes comparison and identification of species very easy. This is very important in a group such as the sedges in which species determinations are based on minute characteristics not easily described.”—Richard Wunderlin, author of
Guide to the Vascular Flora of Central Florida



About the Author



Robert H. Mohlenbrock taught botany at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for thirty-four years. Since his retirement in 1990, he has served as a senior scientist for Biotic Consultants, teaching wetland plant identification classes around the country. Among his more than sixty books are
Vascular Flora of Illinois and
The Field Guide to U.S. National Forests.