"Sparky" Stensaas leads you into the vast North Woods-introducing you to ninety-six of the most common trees, shrubs, wildflowers, fungi, ferns, lichens, and other plants you're likely to encounter during your travels north. Detailed line drawings and brief plant profiles help you recognize what you're seeing, while Sparky's fascinating tales draw you into a deeper understanding of the plants' natural and cultural histories.
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Canoe Country Flora is a splendid survey of the plants and trees of the North Woods and Boundary Waters region of the United States and Canada. Canoe Country Flora is a user-friendly field guide introducing the reader to 96 of the most common trees, shrubs, wildlflowers, fungi, ferns, lichens, and other plants that are likely to be encountered by the canoeist, camper, hiker, or simple vacationer. Each plant is made identifiable and memorable by fascinating facts, handy checklists, diagrams and charts, and interesting activities that help adults and children learn by discovery. Canoe Country Flora is as engaging for the armchair traveler as it is useful for the serious canoeist. -- Midwest Book Review
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Mark "Sparky" Stensass freelances as naturalist for the Smithsonian Institution, Wilderness Inquiry, The Nature Conservancy, various sixth-grade classes, and just about anyone who will listen. Sparky now lives in a one-room cabin he built on five acres of white pines in Carlton County, Minnesota.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and informative, if somewhat oversized,
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This review is from: Canoe Country Flora: Plants and Trees of the North Woods and Boundary Waters (Paperback)
A great read, either at home or in the woods. Sparky describes many of the trees and plants you're likely to encounter in the Northwoods and adds historical uses, points of interest and random facts. Each entry is accompanied by a decent line drawing. The book is a bit awkward for a field guide (9x8) but it's such an enjoyable book to have along I always end up carrying it. Indespensible for Northwoods canoeing.
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Fun to have along,
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This review is from: Canoe Country Flora: Plants and Trees of the North Woods and Boundary Waters (Paperback)
It's a paperback book (so not particularly more suited to canoeing than another) but it was fun to have it along to identify plants on our trip.
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Engaging Overview of Plants of the Northern Woods,
This review is from: Canoe Country Flora: Plants and Trees of the North Woods and Boundary Waters (Paperback)
Informative, authoritative overview of plant life in a beautiful part of the world. Great for preparing for or reminiscing about your trip to the woods.
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sweet gale, northern white cedar, speckled alder, mountain maple, wild iris, wild sarsaparilla, dwarf mistletoe, pin cherry, beaked hazel, pin cherries, yellow birch, pine grosbeaks, fertile stalk, canoe country, spore cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Woods, Black Ash, White Pine, North America, Balsam Fir, Black Spruce, The Ojibwa, Jack Pine, Paper Birch, Fly Amanita, Shan Walshe, White Spruce, Red Pine, July Other, Lowbush Blueberry, Marsh Marigold, Quaking Aspen, Red Osier Dogwood, Ruffed Grouse, Native Americans, Large-leaved Aster, Spruce Budworm, New England, Great Lakes, Red Squirrels New!
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sweet gale, northern white cedar, speckled alder, mountain maple, wild iris, wild sarsaparilla, dwarf mistletoe, pin cherry, beaked hazel, pin cherries, yellow birch, pine grosbeaks, fertile stalk, canoe country, spore cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Woods, Black Ash, White Pine, North America, Balsam Fir, Black Spruce, The Ojibwa, Jack Pine, Paper Birch, Fly Amanita, Shan Walshe, White Spruce, Red Pine, July Other, Lowbush Blueberry, Marsh Marigold, Quaking Aspen, Red Osier Dogwood, Ruffed Grouse, Native Americans, Large-leaved Aster, Spruce Budworm, New England, Great Lakes, Red Squirrels New!
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