This book encourages the layperson to learn more about their life zone and serves as a field guide to better appreciate the ecology, evolution, and geography of Colorado vegetation. More comprehensive than the first, this is a must for anyone interested in the diverse vegetation in Colorado.

This guide is designed to assist those who want to become familiar with many of the trees, shrubs, and woody vines of the Colorado Rocky Mountains and plains.

Vivid color photos, detailed line drawings, and text, highlight more than 130 of Colorado's least known and rarest plants.

Trees are all around, but how much do you know about them? With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identification simple, informative and productive. Learn about 71 Colorado trees, organized in the book by leaf type and attachment. Fact-filled information contains the particulars that you want to know, while full-page photos provide the visual detail needed for accurate identification. Trees are fascinating and wonderful, and this is the perfect introduction to them.

"The first resource of its kind, featuring plants handpicked by experts for their ability to thrive in the challenging conditions of the High Plains and intermountain states and beyond"--Cover, p. 4.

Designed for use by both interested laypersons and plant scientists, this book includes illustrations, descriptions, distribution maps and dichotomous keys to more than 430 native, naturalized, and cultivated trees, shrubs, and woody vines that are known to occur in New Mexico. A pictorial glossary provides much of the elementary information required to make the decisions necessary to reach the species under consideration.