Author : Verna E. Pratt
Publisher : Alaskakrafts Incorporated
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Wild flowers
ISBN : 9780962319204
A guide to the most common flowers seen along roadsides and in areas easily accessible by road. This book is arranged by flower color and has color bars on the edge of pages.
Author : John G. Trelawny
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Newly revised and updated in 2009! This essential guide is all you need to identify the beautiful flowering plants of Alaska, the Yukon and northwestern Canada.
Author : Suzi Golodoff
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,34 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781602232204
The first wildflower guide to focus on the Aleutian Islands, "Wildflowers of Unalaska Island" offers detailed descriptions, color photographs, and lovely, original drawings of over 160 species of flowering plants. Ideal for everyone from casual hikers to serious botanists, the guide is botanically precise, yet keeps technical terms to a minimum for ease of use and identification in the field. It is sized and designed to slip easily into a backpack and can be used as a quick field reference or more leisurely browsed. The introduction includes background on the unique geologic history, climate, and habitats of this verdant but windswept archipelago. The ethnobotanical information on the Aleutor Unangannames and uses of the plants broadens the reader s experience of the traditional Native culture of the region. "
Author : Margaret Armstrong
Publisher : Litres
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 12,48 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5040885369
"Field Book of Western Wild Flowers" by J. J. Thornber, Margaret Armstrong. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Mark Turner
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 2006-02-20
Category : Gardening
ISBN :
Featuring more than 1240 stunning color photographs, this comprehensive field guide will remain a trusted, authoritative trailside reference for years to come.
Author : Janice Schofield Eaton
Publisher : Alaska Northwest Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 22,71 MB
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780882409382
An authoritative guide book to more than 70 of Alaska's most common wild edible plants. Tuck this guide into a backpack, glove compartment, or pocket and use its color photographs and habitat and plant descriptions to help you discover the bounty of the land and its plants around you. The authoritative gathering instructions ensure a healthful harvest. Learn about each plant's nutritional content, and medicinal and culinary uses. Also included are recipes for fresh salads, unusual appetizers, delicious soups, breads and more. The author is an authority on the wild plants of North America and Alaska.
Author : Graham Nicholls
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781417558490
North America is replete with beautiful aplines, and this guide is equally useful to the traveler or the gardener for its identification, propagation, and cultivation information.
Author : Catherine H. Howell
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 26,35 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 142621281X
With this basic beginner's field guide to North American wildflowers, all who enjoy nature and the outdoors can identify common wildflowers, from backyard weeds to dainty forest blossoms. In a logical, user-friendly, highly visual format, this new title offers key facts about 160 of the most common wildflowers and weeds, coast to coast, including Canada and Alaska. To help with identification, each of the 160 entries has both a color photograph showing the plant in context and a color illustration showing the blossom close-up. This book is the perfect starting point for anyone, young or old, interested in learning how to identify wildflowers.
Author :
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN :
As it sweeps through the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River passes through an area of jagged cliffs and tumbling waterfalls--the Columbia Gorge. This Gorge, with its wide range of elevations and microclimates, is home to more species of flowering plants than any other region in the Pacific Northwest. Compiled by author and photographer Russ Jolley, this remarkable guide contains 744 of these plants. Each full-color photograph is accompanied by and entry listing the wildflower's common and scientific names, general habitat, blooming dates, and specific plant locations. To make the wildflowers easier to find, all blooming locations are within easy walking distance of roads and trailheads. Jolley also describes a series of field trips for readers unfamiliar with this area. Included, too, are a fold-out map of the Gorge, a convenient list of place names, and a table of blooming dates for all 744 flowering plants.
Author : James Kavanagh
Publisher : Waterford Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781583555064
This beautifully illustrated guide to Rocky Mountain National Park Trees & Wildflowers highlights over 120 species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers. Laminated for durability, this 12-panel folding guide includes a back-panel map of botanical sanctuaries in the region.
