Author : California Native Plant Society. Redbud Chapter
Publisher : California Native Plant Society
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN :
"Describes and illustrates with color photos 520 species of wildflowers found in Nevada and Placer Counties, California. Also provides a physical description of the area, places to see wildflowers, Native American uses, and a complete plant checklist, which includes thirty-eight percent of the plants known to grow wild in California"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 25,84 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781565794405
Spokane-based author and award-winning photographer Charles Gurche has been capturing Washington's wonderland of wildflowers on film for years. In this practical guide, he now reveals his favorite places to witness the state's unparalleled floral shows. Through his detailed trail descriptions and gorgeous full-color images, Gurche spotlights the state's 50 best day hikes for wildflower viewing. These excursions, located throughout the state, enable hikers of all fitness levels to experience Washington's diverse backcountry at its finest -- and to identify its many colorful and intriguing wildflower species. Driving directions deliver hikers to each trailhead, and color maps illustrate the trail routes. Washington's Best Wildflower Hikes is the ultimate guide for outdoor enthusiasts who wish to discover where to go for their next wildflower trek, what trailside species they are likely to encounter, and when to catch Washington's floral gems in peak bloom. Book jacket.
Author : Timothy P. Spira
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1469622653
If you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants--or simply would like to learn more about them--you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Tim Spira's guidebook links waterfalls and wildflowers in a spectacularly beautiful region famous for both. Leading you to gorgeous waterfalls in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia, the book includes many hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. As he surveys one of America's most biologically diverse regions, Spira introduces hikers to the "natural communities" approach for identifying and understanding plants within the context of the habitats they occupy--equipping hikers to see and interpret landscapes in a new way. Each of the 30 hikes includes: * a detailed map and GPS coordinates * a lively trail description highlighting the plants you are most likely to see, as well as birds and other animals along the way * an associated plant species list Also featured: * beautiful color photographs of 30 destination waterfalls, 125 plants, and more * detailed descriptions of 125 key plant species * 22 drawings to help identify plant structures * a glossary of botanical terms
Author : Tim Ernst
Publisher : Tim Ernst Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781882906482
"How to find 200+ spectacular waterfalls & cascades in 'The Natural State'"--Cover.
Author : Michael Stubben
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,80 MB
Release : 2023-01-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781942485230
Field guide for wildflowers of the Arizona White Mountains
Author : Betty Vos Hemstad
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780873516471
Arranged by season and including helpful "as seen while hiking" views, this guidebook opens up a world of natural beauty for wildflower watchers in northen climes.
Author : Randy Seymour
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0813160502
Not only for use in the Mammoth Cave area, this guide is widely useful in a large area, including much of the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. An in-depth field guide to 400 wildflowers found along the trails and roads within the park. Each wildflower is represented by a brilliant full-color photograph and accompanied by identifying characteristic text that specifies the colors, floral and leaf forms, flowering time, native or introduced status, as well as the plant's folklore and history, its past herbal or medicinal use, and myriad other facts and myths. For those enthusiasts eager to search for new discoveries, the appendix provide tables showing the observed flowering period, a flower hunting planning guide, and an index of flowers by trail. A lasting and memorable introduction to the park's wildflowers--nearly all of which extend throughout Kentucky and neighboring states-- Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park is an indispensable tool for the amateur enthusiast and the professional botanist alike.
Author : Michael Stubben
Publisher : MTS Nature
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 25,96 MB
Release : 2019-11-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781942485100
Wildflower field guide for Rocky Mountain National Park
Author : Michael Stubben
Publisher : MTS Nature
Page : pages
File Size : 38,2 MB
Release : 2020-11-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781942485148
Wildflower field guide for Death Valley National Park
Author : Leonard M. Adkins
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1634040910
With a new cover, more extensive index, and list of organizations, the new edition of Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail is the go-to resource for anyone interested in the wildflowers found along the 2,175-mile-long Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Stunning full-page color photos by Joe Cook and Monica Cook accompany the detailed descriptions by author Leonard Adkins that include: bloom season, leaves and stem descripotion, geographic range of growth, and location of the flower along the AT. Also included for many of the 94 flowers profiled in the book is the fascinating role the flower has played through history and its value in folkloric as well as modern medicine.
