Guide to the Vascular Flora of Howell Woods, Johnston County, North Carolina, U.S.A. 2015. (BRIT Botanical Miscellany, 43). illus. 288 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center (Johnston County, North Carolina; Howell Woods) is the most significant terrestrial natural area in the county as designated by the NC Natural Heritage Program. Comprising 1155 ha, the site is one of the largest tracts of intact forest remaining in the county. Howell Woods is home to ten natural plant communities and numerous rare plant species. Guide to the Vascular Flora of Howell Woods provides a checklist of the flora compiled from the first authors collections, historic collections, and reports of species from the site. The illustrated guide is based on the checklist of over 580 species in 123 families and includes 108 new county records. Keys are provided to all vouchered or reported species and genera. Habitat, exotic status, flowering and fruiting phenology, abundance, and synonymy are incorporated. In addition, relevant voucher information is provided. This is first in a series of Illustrated Floras of North Carolina Project from the North Carolina State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (NCSC), designed to be useful to both botanical specialists and a more general audience.