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Bryophytes Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts: A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast Am Ecological Guide to the Mosses and Common Liverworts of the Northeast Am Pub Outstanding Mosses & Liverworts of Pennsylvania & Nearby States Am The Elfin World of Mosses and Liverworts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale  Am Not quite Ontario, but is for the layman.  Color photographs included.  Cover 123 species of mosses and liverworts.  Isle Royale is a large island in the middle of Lake Superior. How to Knows the Mosses and Liverworts Archive Am Links, identification resources for bryophytes .... Minnesota's Bryophytes Four books available in PDF format. Covers mosses and liverworts.  One book is an illustrated glossary. Bryophyte Flora of North America A comprehensive website on mosses, liverworts and hornworts of North America.  Part of the Flora of North America A Perspective Oriented Guide for the Identification of North American Bryophyte Genera Field Guide to the Mosses and Liverworts of Alberta Peatlands A PDF with an option to purchase a hard copy More links on bryophytes... bryophyteportal.org  A variety of resources.  Generated species checklists.  Technical info on species.  Crowd sourced images, and more. Bryophytes sl,. Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts, Illustrated Glossary A PDF Bryophyte, Ecology Mosses Mosses of the Northern Forest Pub Outstanding photography.  A great beginner guide, covers all species within its coverage area, and is a bridge to more comprehensive guides.  In three formats, this book, a pack of map-sized foldouts and a free digital guide with more images at higher resolution. Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians Am GB Nicest field guide, and the best you can get before heading towards the technical books. Field Guide to the Peat Mosses of Boreal North America Am GB Covers spaghum mosses only but has color plates. Mosses Lichens & Ferns of Northwest North America GB Links on mosses... World of Mosses Robert Muma's website is quite an interesting introduction to the subject of mosses. His field guide A Graphic Guide to Ontario Mosses is available online or in book form.  The book is not professionally bound (it is 8 pages printed out, folded in half with two staples with a green cover) but the information inside is valuable. Mosses, Comprehensive Checklist of the Mosses of Ontario Mosses of the Great Lakes Forest Pub GB Am Mosses of Eastern North America GB Comprehensive but for a larger geographic area than the similar preceding one. Maine Mosses Volume 1 and 2 Am Flore Des Bryophytes Du Quebec-Labrador (3 volumes) Pub Checklist of the Mosses of Ontario GB More on comprehensive resources on mosses... Moss Flora of the Martime Provinces Checklist of the mosses of Canada II This checklist shows which species occur in Ontario and other provinces About Bryophytes A Focus on Peatlands and Peat Mosses GB Pub Structural Diversity of Bryophytes Pub Introduction to Bryophytes Am Bryophyte Biology Am GB Mosses and Other Bryophytes, an Illustrated Glossary nhbs Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses GB A natural history book on mosses. The Structure and Life of Bryophytes GB Another natural history book on mosses but more technical. Liverworts An Enthusiasts Guide to the Liverworts and Hornworts of Ontario Liverworts and Hornworts of Southern Michigan An Enthusiasts Guide to the Liverworts and Hornworts of Ontario Pub  The book for the close relatives of mosses.  First half is a key, second half has species descriptions with line drawings on the facing page.  Six pages of color photographs. Spiral bound paperback Liverworts of New England: A Guide for the Amateur Naturalist Am Liverworts and Hornworts of Southern Michigan Pub Links on liverworts... Ohio Liverwort Diversity Algae Algae are the least known of the plants.  To really study them you do really need a microscope and go through rather technical field guides.  Small organisms like algae offer the opportunity to bring nature appreciation indoors as you study them through a microscope.  Not many books have been published on the subject. Freshwater Algae AM How to Know the Freshwater Algae AM How to Know the Seaweeds GB Good but dated field guides. Freshwater Algae of North America GB Comprehensive and technical. Diatoms of North America GB Short book on a type of algae.   Common Freshwater Algae of the United States: An illustrated Key to the Genera (Excluding the Diatoms) GB Links on algae... Identify that alga Table-based algae key Freshwater Algae Another key Algae Identtification Field Guide A pdf for common algae found in the Canadian Praires