''Evansia'' is a quarterly, peer-reviewed

scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Content Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...

, publishing research on issues in biology and environmental preservation related to lichenology and

bryology Bryology (from Greek , a moss, a liverwort) is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying or ...

, primarily in North America. It is published quarterly by the

American Bryological and Lichenological Society The American Bryological and Lichenological Society is an organization devoted to the scientific study of all aspects of the biology of bryophytes and lichen-forming fungi and is one of the nation's oldest botanical organizations. It was origina ...

(ABLS) and serves as the information bulletin of the ABLS. Articles are frequently popular or semi-technical rather than technical and intended for both amateurs and professionals. There are reports on local flora and presentations of techniques for studying and curating lichens, bryophytes, and

hepatics The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of ge ...

. The ABLS named the journal in honor of

Alexander William Evans Alexander William Evans (May 17, 1868 – December 6, 1959) was a botanist, bryologist, and mycologist that specialized in the flora of Connecticut. Early life Born in Buffalo, New York on May 17, 1868, Evan's family moved to New Haven, Conne ...

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