Dee Strickler Bücher

The fourth and most comprehensive of Dr. Dee Strickler's wildflower books, Wayside Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest is a floral delight. A colorful guide to the Northwest's most stunning plants, this book helps hikers, cyclists, and motorists identify nearly 400 flower species found along the trails and roadways of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and southwestern Canada. With notes on habitat, range, and plant features and an outstanding glossary of botanical terms, Wayside Wildflowers is an essential reference work for flower enthusiasts and professional botanists. Like Dr. Strickler's three earlier guides to the showy wildflowers of the northern Rockies, this volume features extraordinary sharp and vibrant full-color photographs of each flower. In addition, Wayside Wildflowers boasts a handy visual guide to flower shapes and colors, a map of the region, line drawings, and an informative introduction. For any nature-lover who has asked, "What flower is that?" Wayside Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest holds the answer.

America’s prairies are home to some of the most abundant and beautiful wildflowers in the country. Now, with Prairie Wildflowers, readers will be able to locate and identify the many gorgeous flowering species blooming in America’s heartland. Prairie Wildflowers contains detailed, full-color photographs and concise descriptions of over 350 of these wildflowers. Written by a wildflower expert for the casual wildflower observer, Prairie Wildflowers is organized by color for easy access out on the trail and includes information on blooming season and range as well as a glossary of terms and a reference section. As a spiritual successor to Falcon’s long-beloved Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers, this new book will become the definitive guide to the many varieties of wildflowers flourishing between Chicago and Denver.