Hi. At the beginning this month I posted a request for suggestions of
reference books that show photographs of a range of plant components in thin
section.
Here are the best four that I was able to view. All are excellent. Esau
(1977) was the book suggested most. The BSA website is awesome.
Thanks to all that replied with suggestions.
Mark
Bracegirdle, B., and P.H. Miles. 1971. An Atlas of plant structure.
Heinemann Educational Books, Oxford, UK.
Esau, K. 1977. Anatomy of seed plants. John Wiley, New York, NY.
Gifford, E.M., and A.S. Foster. 1989. Morphology and evolution of
vascular plants. Freeman, New York, NY.
Botanical Society of America. 2007. Botanical Society of America's
online image collection: BSA slide collection.
http://www.botany.org/plantimages/imagemap.php; accessed February, 2007.
Mark H. Stolt
Associate Professor of Pedology and Soil-Environmental Science
Department of Natural Resources Science
112 Kingston Coastal Institute
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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
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Subject: Plants under the microscope
Hi. Not very often does a soil scientist pose a question on the listserv.
Anyway, I am writing about the morphology and genesis of soil organic matter
from a micromorphology perspective. Clearly, the source of nearly all of the
organic matter in the soil is from plants. In thin sections of soil horizons
near the soil surface, you can easily see fragments of the plants that have
not completely decomposed. I am searching for textbooks that show the
various components of the plants in thinsection before they reach the soil
surface (for example the cross section of an undecomposed leaf or root).
There seems to be many books that have diagrams, but the actual photograph
would be better.
Can anyone suggest ?
Thank you.
Mark
Mark H. Stolt
Associate Professor of Pedology and Soil-Environmental Science
Department of Natural Resources Science
112 Kingston Coastal Institute
1 Greenhouse Road
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
voice 401-874-2915
fax 401-874-4561
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