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L’Atlas de la Flore de Maine-et-Loire [The Atlas of the Flora of Maine-et-Loire]

Flora / Fauna
By: Julien Geslin(Author), Pascal Lacroix(Author), Jean le Bail(Author), Dominique Guyader(Author), François Burdeyron(Preface By), Jacques Auxiette(Preface By), Christian Gillet(Preface By), Éric Guellec(Foreword By)
605 pages, 200+ colour photos, colour illustrations, 1332 colour distribution maps
Publisher: Naturalia
L’Atlas de la Flore de Maine-et-Loire [The Atlas of the Flora of Maine-et-Loire]
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Language: French

With this book, the National Botanical Conservatory of Brest and its partners offer a different perspective on a department already known for its important horticultural sector linked to its specialized production and research.

At the crossroads of the Armorican Massif (Anjou Black) and the Paris Basin (Anjou Blanc), crossed from east to west by the mighty river Loire, Maine-et-Loire reveals one of the richest floras of North-West France.

L’Atlas de la Flore de Maine-et-Loire presents the first cartographic synthesis of knowledge of flowering plants and ferns of Anjou and covers more than 2200 different plants reported since the late eighteenth century.

Fruit of a remarkable inventory done for twenty years and intensified since 2010, with the help of 515 observers and a dozen naturalist organisation, it reported a rarely reached level of knowledge. It thus brings together nearly 650,000 current or former observations collected in the 357 municipalities of the department, either from field surveys, or counting herabarium samples and literature data.

The book includes:
- More than 200 photographs of the plants and the natural environment of the department
- 1332 distribution maps and 1861 descriptions.

L’Atlas de la Flore de Maine-et-Loire of course is intended for specialists in botany, but also for people passionate about nature and all those who care about wild flora, landscapes and their evolution. This book is part of the series Atlas Floristique des Pays de la Loire. It follows L'Atlas de la Mayenne (David et al., 2009) continues on the previously published atlas for the Loire-Atlantique and Vendée (Dupont, 2001) and for the Sarthe (Hunault and Moret, 2009 ), thus completing the mapping coverage of the region.

Summary in French:
Avec cet ouvrage, le Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest et ses partenaires vous proposent un autre regard sur un département déjà connu pour son importante filière végétale liée à ses productions spécialisées et à la recherche.

Au carrefour du Massif armoricain (Anjou Noir) et du Bassin Parisien (Anjou Blanc), traversé d'est en ouest par le puissant fleuve de la Loire, le Maine-et-Loire révèle l'une des flores sauvages les plus riches du nord-ouest de la France.

L'Atlas de la Flore de Maine-et-Loire présente la première synthèse cartographique des connaissances sur les plantes à fleurs et les fougères de l'Anjou et traite de plus de 2200 plantes différentes signalées depuis la fin du xviiie siècle.

Fruit d'un travail remarquable d'inventaire réalisé depuis vingt ans et renforcé depuis 2010, avec l'aide de 515 observateurs et d'une douzaine de structures naturalistes, il fait état d'un niveau de connaissances rarement atteint. Il rassemble ainsi près de 650,000 observations actuelles ou anciennes recueillies sur les 357 communes du département, issues soit de prospections de terrain, soit du dépouillement des herbiers et de la bibliographie.

L'ouvrage comprend:
- plus de 200 photographies illustrant les plantes et les milieux naturels du département
- 1332 cartes de répartition et 1861 commentaires.

L'Atlas de la Flore de Maine-et-Loire s'adresse bien entendu aux spécialistes de la botanique, mais également aux personnes passionnées par la nature et à tous ceux qui se préoccupent de la flore sauvage, des paysages et de leur évolution. Cet ouvrage s'inscrit dans la collection Atlas Floristique des Pays de la Loire. Il fait suite à L'Atlas de la Mayenne (David et al., 2009) et paraît dans la continuité des atlas précédemment publiés pour la Loire-Atlantique et la Vendée (Dupont, 2001) et pour la Sarthe (Hunault et Moret, 2009), achevant ainsi la couverture cartographique de la région.

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Flora / Fauna
By: Julien Geslin(Author), Pascal Lacroix(Author), Jean le Bail(Author), Dominique Guyader(Author), François Burdeyron(Preface By), Jacques Auxiette(Preface By), Christian Gillet(Preface By), Éric Guellec(Foreword By)
605 pages, 200+ colour photos, colour illustrations, 1332 colour distribution maps
Publisher: Naturalia
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