text: New field guide highlights ecological and economic importance of grasses and rushes — User Submitted — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine
  Community Author: Stantec
  Post Date: February 18, 2019 10:15 am
  Updated: March 5, 2019 1:52 pm
  Stantec | Contributed
  Cover photo of new field guide "Grasses and Rushes of Maine."
  TOPSHAM — Stantec, a global design and engineering firm, has partnered with the Maine Natural History Observatory and the Maine Natural Areas Program to produce a user-friendly field guide to the grass and rush plant families of Maine.
  The professional-quality guide serves to bridge the gap between highly technical field manuals and abridged field guides to foster understanding and appreciation of these ecologically and economically important plant families.
  Titled "Grasses and Rushes of Maine," the guide will enable diverse audiences, including the general public, natural resource professionals, land managers, and scientists, to recognize more than 200 species of grasses and rushes that occur in Maine, including rare and invasive species. The guide serves as a complement to the highly successful "The Sedges of Maine – A Field Guide to the Cyperaceae," released in 2013.