Pocket field guide to wildflowers of the Rockies, from foothills to tree line. As with all our flower guides, the step-by-step key guides you first to the flower family and then to the name of the individual species. Includes information about habitat and range, and a glossary of terms used to describe flowers and leaves. Author's line drawings clearly reveal important features for accurate identification.

Author Dan Johnson invites you to meet the nativesùthe native plants of Colorado. This popular guide has long aided enthusiasts in identifying the plants commonly encountered along Rocky Mountain trails and byways. And now Dan Johnson has revised this eleventh edition to make the guide more useful than ever before! Organization of herbaceous flowering plants by color for faster identification Color photos throughout to assist with accurate identification Nearly 100 new entries Common and useful native grasses Identification of exotic imported plants that have become common, and in some cases aggressively invasive Quick-reference chart to help with identification Horticultural information to help you bring these durable and beautiful native plants into your own garden or landscape Book jacket.

Learn to identify native trees by their leaves and needles in the Rocky Mountain region. Like other pocket guides from Nature Study Guild Publishers' Finder series, this book is organized as a dichotomous key. The key leads you step-by-step through a series of simple questions to arrive at the name of the tree. Area covered extends across the mountain West, from the Canadian Rockies on the north to the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona on the south, and across the Rockies and Great Basin, from the Black Hills on the east, to the eastern slopes of the Cascades on the west. New in the 2008 second edition: Scientific names updated. Range maps extended to include the Canadian Rockies. Metric measurements added.

Identify wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains with this pocket-size guide. You can appreciate and enjoy nature's beautiful wildflowers! If you're curious about the flowers that you encounter, then Rocky Mountain Flower Finder by Janet L. Wingate, Ph.D., is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify wildflowers below the tree line in the Rocky Mountains. The booklet provides a dichotomous key to identifying herbaceous wildflowers. Simply answer a series of simple questions about the color, shape, and appearance of the plant. Along the way, Janet's professional illustrations help to guide you to a positive identification. This guide is applicable to the foothill, montane, and subalpine zones in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as southern Alberta, Canada. Book Features: Step-by-step guide to identifying wildflowers More than 300 species Professional line illustrations with key markings for identification Small format that fits into a pocket or pack

This indispensible pocket guide to more than 350 alpine plants in six Rocky Mountain States offers sure-fire methods of plant identification, for beginner and expert alike.

A new, updated edition of the classic key to identifying wildflowers that grow in the range of the Coast Redwood tree, Sequoia sempervirens, along the coastal fog belt of California. Organized as a dichotomous key, leading the user first to flower families and then to the species. Includes flowers of sunny openings, fields, and streamsides, as well as flowers of the forest floor. Heavily illustrated with line drawings that clearly show important plant features. The key format encourages users to look closely at plant structures, leads to accurate identification, and is fun to use. Names and flower families have been updated to conform to the latest edition of the Jepson Manual.

225 plants from the mountains of Idaho have been added to this edition almost doubling its original size. Now offered in softcover with french flaps. Full cover images of plants with their classifications.