Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants -- Manuals A-F

	Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Manuals and Field Guides
University of Florida	Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Information Retrieval System

A - F

Ahmad, N., Younus, M. 1979. Aquatic Plants of Lahore. Pakistan Association for the Advancement of Science, Lahore. 41 pp.

Basically written to assist fish culturists. Simple black and white line drawings.

Anonymous. Date Unknown. Common Aquatic Flora and Fauna of the Tennessee Valley. Booklet 4, Water Quality Series, Tennessee Valley Authority. 83 pp.

A nicely illustrated, easy to read booklet prepared for use with TVA’s Teacher/Student and Citizen Water Quality Monitoring Network. It depicts common aquatic animals and plants found in lakes, rivers and streams in the Tennessee Valley. Not intended as a comprehensive guide.

Anonymous. 2001. Minnesota Non-Native Terrestrial Plants -- An Identification Guide for Resource Managers, Trails and Waterways Natural Communities Management Program, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. WWW: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us 75 pp.

This small-format, laminated, spiral-bound and colorful field guide is designed to guide natural resource managers in the identification of the most invasive non-native terrestrial plants in Minnesota. Thirty-five plants are treated with excellent color photos, clean descriptions of their appearance and parts, and the ecological threats they pose. Mechanical and chemical control methods are suggested for each.

Anonymous. 1988. A Guide to Selected Florida Wetland Plants and Communities U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, Regulatory Division. 319 pp.

"The purpose of this field guide is to provide botanical, soils and habitat information to aid in the identification of the major wetland communities of Florida as depicted on National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) maps." NWI mapping symbology is used to correlate NWI products for the state of Florida. Approximately 130 species are described with color photographs, common names, descriptions, habitats, soils, wetland specificity, community types, special notes and diagnostic features.

Arber, A. 1920. Water Plants - A Study of Aquatic Angiosperms. Reprint 1972. J. Cramer, Lehre. 436 pp.

“A standard compendium of information on aquatics” originally published by Cambridge University Press. Reviewed in 1920 as “a pioneer work which will prove indispensable to the botanical student, as it may be also stimulating to a wide range of nature-students.” (Journal of Botany 58:298.) Line drawings.

Aston, H.I. 1973. Aquatic Plants of Australia. Melbourne University Press, Victoria. 368 pp.

A guide to the identification of the aquatic ferns and flowering plants of Australia, both native and naturalized. A taxonomic guide beautifully illustrated by the author.

Aulbach-Smith, C.A., S.J. de Kozlowski, L.A. Dyck. 1990. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of South Carolina. South Carolina Water Resources Commission, Columbia. 123 pp.

A “user friendly” reference with common-language botanical descriptions and exceptional photographs (averaging 3 photos per species) useful for scientists and the general public alike. Many species covered are found outside of South Carolina as well.

Beal, E.O., P.H. Monson. 1954. Marsh and Aquatic Angiosperms of Iowa. Monocotyledons. Dicotyledons. State University of Iowa, Studies in Natural History, No. 429, Vol 19(5). 95 pp.

Keys, annotated check-list, and distribution maps by county. No plant illustrations or photographs.

Beal, E.O. 1977. A Manual of Marsh and Aquatic Vascular Plants of North Carolina with Habitat Data. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, NCSU, Raleigh. 298 pp.

A beautifully illustrated manual with keys, descriptive flora, and general comments on distribution in North Carolina and the contiguous United States. Habitat data is presented, using bar graphs, in terms of pH, chloride content, organic matter content and specific conductance of the water.

Beal, E.O., J.W. Thieret. 1986. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Kentucky. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfort, Scientific and Technical Series Number 5. 314 pp.

Keys, descriptive flora, distribution maps, notes on habitat, overall range and biology and fine line drawings are included in this identification guide.

Bonilla-Barbosa, J.R., A. Novelo Retana. 1995. Manual de Identificacion de Plantas Acuaticas del Parque Nacional Lagunas de Zempoala, Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. 169 pp. (in Spanish)

This volume contains descriptions of the morphology and vegetation of seven Mexican lakes, including descriptions of 66 aquatic plant species. Approximately 50 color photographs.

Borman, S., Korth, R., Temte, J. 1997. Through the Looking Glass... A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants. North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), Madison, WI. 248 pp.

Covers about 90 plants using plant drawings for identification, produced by the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership and the University of Wisconsin Extension Service. Written for the benefit of the interested layperson, the plants are arranged in sections: emergent, free-floating, floating-leaf and submersed plants, and native, exotic and rare plants are identified.

Brayshaw, T.C. 1989. Buttercups, Waterlilies and Their Relatives in British Columbia. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C. 253 pp.

98 plant species are described and beautifully illustrated. Distribution maps and diagnostic keys are included.

Brayshaw, T.C. 1985. Pondweeds and Bur-reeds, and Their Relatives, of British Columbia. British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C. 166 pp.

Distribution maps, very nice line drawings, and keys accompany plant descriptions. Includes an interesting section on evolution in aquatic plants. Highly technical terminology has been avoided.

Brooks, R.E., L.A. Hauser. 1981. Aquatic Vascular Plants of Kansas I: Submersed and Floating Leaved Plants. Technical Publication No. 7 of the State Biological Survey of Kansas, the University of Kansas. 71 pp.

Keys and detailed descriptive treatments of the aquatic plants of Kansas, with black and white photographs and distribution maps by county.

Burch, D., D.B. Ward, and D.W. Hall. 1988. Checklist of the Woody Cultivated Plants of Florida. University of Florida, IFAS Publications, Gainesville. 80 pp.

This checklist could serve as an historical account of cultivated exotic plants in Florida at some point in time because every woody plant on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's (http://www. fleppc.org/) Category 1 list is listed as a cultivated plant in this book. The authors state, "By the industrious efforts of plant enthusiasts and importers, and the appropriate niches awaiting suitably selected species, the abundance of the world's flora is well sampled in Florida." (Remember, this was in 1988!)

Bursche, E.M. 1971. A Handbook of Water Plants. Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., London. 128 pp.

Ecological importance, keys and descriptions, importance to fishing and economic value, with fine line drawings.

Carter, V., P.T. Gammon, N.C. Bartow. 1983. SUBMERSED AQUATIC PLANTS OF THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 1543, Alexandria, VA. 58 pp.

Color photographs and distribution maps, as well as a section on Factors affecting distribution and abundance,' make this a useful reference for the tidal Potomac River.

Catarino, L., I. Moreira, T. Ferreira and M.C. Duarte. 2001. PLANTAS AQUATICA INFESTANTES DE VALAS E CANAIS. (In Portuguese) ISA Press, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, PORTUGAL. 161 pp.

This handbook is about aquatic weeds in canals of Portugal; it is a well-designed tool for new managers. It pictures a number of aquatic weeds in chapters on algae, bryophytes, aquatic ferns, and about 30 higher plants. The plants are well-described, with some good color photos and a number of good line-drawings. The book goes beyond plant identification and thoroughly describes the water transport system in Portugal, aquatic weed problems and their control.

Chabreck, R.H., R.E. Condrey. 1979. Common Vascular Plants of the Louisiana Marsh. Louisiana State University Center for Wetland Resources, Baton Rouge. 116 pp.