This guide is meant to serve as a help identifying many of the wildflowers and other herbaceous species common to the rangelands, forests, and farmlands of Utah. It is not an exhaustive guide to the plants contained herein, nor is it a comprehensive summary of all the wildflowers and herbaceous species of Utah.

Many recreational hikers have stopped along the trail to admire a wildflower only to wonder what, exactly, they are looking at. Wildflowers of the Mountain West is a useful field guide that makes flower identification easy for the general outdoor enthusiast. Many available plant guides are too technical or cumbersome for non-specialists to embrace. Covering New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Oregon, this book is perfect for the enthusiasts who has little botanical knowledge but would like to know more about the wildflowers they are seeing. Organized by flower color for easy reference, plant records include the common and scientific names, a description of typical characteristics, habitat information and distribution maps, look-alike species, color photographs, and informative commentary. In addition, the book provides a useful introduction to the Mountain West region, along with line drawings to illustrate basic flower parts, shapes, and arrangements; a glossary of common botanical terms; a quick search key; and an index. The book is spiral-bound, making it easy to bring along while hiking, backpacking, or biking, and stunning full color photographs make visual confirmation of flower type simple and straightforward.

This beautiful wildflower guide represents nearly 200 plants found within the Wasatch National Forest, adjacent to the Salt Lake Valley.Each plant is represented on its own page, sorted by flower color and species. Three pictures are provided per plant to depict the habitat, flower and leaf structure.Plants are identified as: native, non-native, invasive and rare, A brief paragraph about the plant is accompanied by details on: habitat, elevation, flowering season and characteristics.Chapters include: History [of the Cottonwood Canyons and Spruces Campground (which was a tree nursery, built in the early 1900's to help reforest the Wasatch and other forests across the west with millions of seedlings)]. Leave No Trace Principles, Protecting the Watershed [local watershed information and explanation on watersheds in general], Basic Geology [Wasatch Mountains], Plant Taxonomy, Additional Resources, Flower Illustrations, flower chapters by color [red, yellow, green, white and violet] and includes a hearty index.The book is spiral bound and water resistant and offers note pages in the back, for field notes.Authors: Tim Remkes, Katie Burbank, Elise Hinman.Copyright, 2018 - Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, cottonwoodcanyons.org. This issue is the third edition of this locally famous publication.Proceeds from sales of this guide go directly to conservation and environmental education by the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation.The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation is a non political non-profit, founded in 2002 with the mission "to work to continuously improve the environments of Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons through stewardship and education".Cottonwood Canyons Foundation provides stewardship through a seasonal trail crew, a seasonal invasive weeds crew, habitat revegetation and rehabilitation and graffiti removal efforts.Environmental education programs run year round through public and youth programs.Events are hosted between June and September to bring volunteers, environmental awareness and fun in support of our urban forest.ISBN-13: 978-0-578-50423-0

This comprehensive book features 500 species of common spring wildflowers, trees and grasses of southeast Utah and adjacent states with photographs and full descriptions of nearly 300 of these plants. Information includes habitats, identification tips, aboriginal uses and the national parks and monuments where each plant can be found.

Learning to identify unwanted plants around the home, farm, or ranch will be much easier with this comprehensive publication. It will help you identify plants that compete with native plants, horticultural, & agricultural crops as well as those that can poison livestock & people. This easy-to-use guide contains more than 900 full-color photos showing the early growth stages, mature plants, & features for positive identification of each weed discussed. Descriptions, habitats, & characteristics of each plant are also included. Glossary. Key to plant families. References. Index.