Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada

<p><strong>Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada</strong> originally published in 1959 was the first modern flora of the vascular plants of Alaska and adjacent areas of Canada. The <em>Flora </em>represented the life work of botanist Jacob Peter Anderson who's aim was to produce a flora encompassing all known vascular plants in the state. Included are keys and descriptions for each family genus and species; small line-drawings are provided for diagnostic features of many of the plants included in the book. Long out-of-print and now somewhat dated in terms of what is now known of the Alaskan flora and species taxonomy <em>Anderson's Flora </em>remains however a valuable resource for the study of Alaska’s diverse plant life. Also there is no field guide-sized reference useful for researchers students and others studying plants in the field. As the original book did not provide keys and descriptions to the important willow (<em>Salix</em>) genus an addendum is provided with summer and winter keys to the willow species known from the Alaska interior. Author J. P. Anderson (1874-1953) resided in Alaska from 1913-1940 before leaving for a position at Iowa State University where he continued his work of preparing his <em>Flora </em>including a number of return visits to Alaska for additional field research.</p>