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The Plant Science Bulletin
(Print: ISSN 0032-0919, Electronic: ISSN 1537-9752) is a publication of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) containing news and information from the Society, as well as articles and essays focusing on issues of interest within the botanical sciences. It serves as an forum for discussing issues related to research, conservation, education, outreach, and public policy, for distributing innovative teaching approaches and methods, and for providing news of colleagues, new books, and professional opportunities.
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Books Received for Review
Books for review are available to members of the Botanical Society of America. If you are a BSA member and would like to review a book or books for PSB, the easiest way to do so is to: highlight and copy the book details, click on the Reviewer Requested link to the right of the book's details and paste the information into the email form that pops up. Remember to include your name, University/Department, all of your mailing details and the date by which the book will be reviewed. Book reviews should not exceed 800-1000 words. Alternatively, e-mail Mackenzie Taylor, the editor-in-chief, at psb@botany.org, including the details noted above, as soon as you notice the book of interest in this list, because they go quickly!
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Wild Forest Home: Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest
Howell, Betsy L. 2024. ISBN: 9781647691943. (Paper, US$24.95). 312 pp. The University of Utah Press.
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Legume of Arizona: An Illustrated Flora and Reference. Sida, Bot. Misc. 64.
McMahon, Michelle M. Matthew B. Johnson, Kirsten N. Lake, Martin F. Wojciechowski, and Mark W. Bierner. 2024. ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-77-5 (flex-binding; US$45). 540 pp. BRIT Press.
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Illustrated Genera of Rust Fungi of Brazil
de Carvalho Jr., Anibal Alves and Joe Fleetwood Hennen. 2023. ISBN: 978-1-889878-72-0. (hardback; US$40. 148 pp. BRIT Press.
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Max and the Milkweed
Grand, Auggie. 2024. (paper US$32.52). 31 pp. Auggie Grand Books. (for readers 2-5).
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From Seed to Seed: A Pictorial Study Showing How a Bean Plant Grows
Paparozzi, Ellen, M. Elizabeth Conley, and Christian G. Elowsky. 2024. ebook. Plant and Soil Science eLibrary. (with associated lessons for class use).
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Sustainability for the Forgotten
Machlis, Gary E. 2024. ISBN: 9781647691677 (Paper US$24.95) 262 pp. The University of Utah Press.
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Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics
Thaler, Gregory. 2024. ISBN: 978-0-300-27248-2. (paper US$40) 312 pp. Yale University Press
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Frustrating Flowers & Puzzling Plants: Identifying the difficult species of Britain and Ireland.
Warren, John M. 2024. ISBN: 978-1-78427-331-6. (paper US$40). 290 pp. Pelagic
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Botánicos: A novel
Meerow, Alan. 2023. ISBN: 979-8-9891677-0-82. (Paper US$14.99) 92 pp. Griffinia Press.
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A Splendor of Succulents and Cacti
Ball, Caroline. 2023. ISBN: 9781851245970 (cloth, US$25). 144 pp. Bodleian Library Publishing
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A guide to the Flora of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir | Una guía a la de de la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir
Harper, Alan, Sula Vanderplank, and Jon Rebman. 2021. ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-64-5 (flex-binding US$35). 320 pp. BRIT Press.
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Plant Guide: Geology, Archaeology, Tide Pools, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, Channel Islands, California. (Sida, Bot. Misc. 61)
Riley, Jim and editors. 2023. ISBN 13: 978-1-889878-70-6 (Flex-binding US$55). 290 pp. BRIT Press.
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Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition
Lesica, Peter with Contributions by Matt Lavin and Peter F. Stickney. 2022. ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-87-4. (flex binding US$65). 729 pp. BRIT Press.
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Tidal Marshes of Long Island, New York.
Potente, John E (ed). 2022. ISSN: 22380 128x. (Hardback) Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society Vol 26. 4th edition. 171 pp. Torrey Botanical Society.
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Auxin Signalling: From Synthesis to Systems Biology. 2nd Ed.
Weijers, Dolf, Karin Ljung, Mark Estelle, and Ottoline Leyser. 2022. ISBN 978-1-621824-00-8. (Hardcover, US$135). 468 pp. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
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Grasses of the Northern Forest: Quick Guides
Jenkins, Jerry. 2022. ISBN: 9781501764318. (digital; US$11.95) 4 pp. Cornell University Press (physical copy available by request).
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Field Guide to Manzanitas: California, North America, and Mexico
Kauffmann, Michael, Tom Parker, and Michael Vasey. Photography by Jeff Bisbee. 2021. ISBN: 978-1-941624-15-9. (Paper US$27.95). 175 pp. Backcountry Press.
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Flora of Oregon. Volume 2: Dicots A-F
Meyers, Stephen, Thea Jaster, Katie E. Mitchell, Tanya Harvey, and Linda K. Hardison (eds.). 2020. 978-1-889878-61-4 (Hardback US$85). 880 pp. BRIT Press.
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Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes: A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature
Butterfield, H. Scott, T. Rodd Kelsey, and Abigail K. Hart (eds). 2021. ISBN: 9781642831269. (Paper US$39). 252 pp. Island Press
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The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest
Saville, Dara. 2021. ISBN: 978-0-8263-6217-9. (Paper US$24.95) 312 pp. University of New Mexico Press
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Descent and Logic in Biosystematics
McCabe, Thomas. 2021. ISBN: 978-0-578-75848-0. (Electronic book, PDF format). 130 pp. Perseverant Publishing.
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