Canyon Country Wildflowers: Including Arches and Canyonlands National Parks [Paperback]

Damian Fagan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wildflower Series | Publication Date: February 1, 1998

A comprehensive field guide to the unique and diverse flora of the canyonlands region of the southwestern U.S. Four-corners area.

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A comprehensive field guide to the unique and diverse flora of the canyonlands region of the southwestern U.S. Four-corners area. Published in cooperation with the Canyonlands Natural History Association.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: FalconGuides; 1 edition (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560445602
• ISBN-13: 978-1560445609
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #613,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely delightful, June 21, 2000

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William Adair - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canyon Country Wildflowers: Including Arches and Canyonlands National Parks (Paperback)

The Colorado Plateau country of southern Utah, western Colorado, and northern Arizona is justifiably famous for its magnificent scenery, but the stunning wildflowers are less widely appreciated. Fagan's "Canyon Country Wildflowers" is the best guide to these treasures that I've yet seen. The photographs are absolutely top-notch (sometimes I browse the guide, just daydreaming...), often showing the entire plant in its natural habitat. Likewise, the collection is relatively complete. Flowers are organized by colors and typically easy to find. To top it off, the book is relatively compact and durable in the field. Nowadays, I don't head south without it. -William Adair, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A delight to find, July 31, 2005

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rossuk (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canyon Country Wildflowers: Including Arches and Canyonlands National Parks (Paperback)

I was delighted to find this book in the Hovenweep National Monument visitor centre bookstore. I had already photographed the wild flowers of Arches, Canyonlands and Colorado for my website. Now I could identify them. The book organises the flowers by colour which is good for an amateur like me. Now, I have to admit that I could not identify all the species I photographed, but I was pleased when I could. A big thank you to Damian Fagan for this book, I thought I might be a little bit too excentric hunting for new wild flowers in Canyondlands and Arches National Parks, even worse photographing wild flowers during my lunch hour while working in Colorado.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pictures are good, November 19, 2009

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Rob Pudim "Amateur entomologist" (Boulder, CO, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canyon Country Wildflowers: Including Arches and Canyonlands National Parks (Paperback)

This is not a book a botantist would buy but if you are a hiker or visitor to Arches it is an excellent way to introduce yourself to some of the plants you will see. It tells you a little about how the Native Americans used the plants and some ecological information. The photographs are excellent and worth the price of the book