By Richard M. Anderson,Jay Dee Gunnell,Jerry L. Goodspeed
ISBN-10: 0874218950
ISBN-13: 9780874218954
Many leisure hikers have stopped alongside the path to respect a wildflower basically to ask yourself what, precisely, they're taking a look at. Wildflowers of the Mountain West is an invaluable box advisor that makes flower id effortless for the final open air enthusiast.
Many on hand plant publications are too technical or bulky for non-specialists to include. overlaying New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Oregon, this booklet is ideal for the fanatics who has little botanical wisdom yet wish to understand extra concerning the wildflowers they're seeing. geared up through flower colour for simple reference, plant files contain the typical and medical names, an outline of general features, habitat details and distribution maps, look-alike species, colour images, and informative statement. furthermore, the ebook presents an invaluable advent to the Mountain West zone, besides line drawings to demonstrate simple flower components, shapes, and preparations; a thesaurus of universal botanical phrases; a brief seek key; and an index.
The booklet is spiral-bound, making it effortless to carry alongside whereas mountain climbing, backpacking, or cycling, and gorgeous complete colour photos make visible affirmation of flower variety easy and straightforward.