This landmark volume offers comprehensive treatment of every vascular species known to occur in Yosemite. Exquisitely illustrated with over eleven hundred watercolor paintings of flowering species, and pen and ink drawings for nearly three hundred grass, rush, and sedge species, this book also includes detailed descriptions, plant habitats and locations, a dichotomous key, an illustrated glossary, and place-name and general indices. This exquisite volume is a primary resource for scientists, botanists, ecologists, and others studying the health and diversity of Sierra nevada ecosystems. It is the bible of Yosemite plant identification.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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a yosemite nature lovers dream flora book,
By Bill Krause (Yosemite Natl Pk, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Illustrated Flora of Yosemite National Park (Hardcover)
this long awaited nature book, although expensive, is worth every single penny. AS a long time lover of yosemite I thought I had fairly well explored its flora wonders---wrong. For the last two months I have consulted its index, made lists and notations, and dreamed about next spring.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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You know you want this book,
By yosemiteexplorer (Yosemite, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Illustrated Flora of Yosemite National Park (Hardcover)
If you're the kind of person who has ever picked this book up, you covet it. You know you do.
I've had this book for a year or two and can still wile away hours just flipping through. The illustrations are beautiful and if you don't find it here (and you're in Yosemite), you've probably misidentified it. Includes most invasive species even. That said, if you're not an amateur botanist, you'll be sorely challenged to find much of anything in here. It is arranged taxonomically, so you can't look up flowers by things like color. If you can't use the dichotomous key, you'll end up doing a LOT of searching and often not a lot of finding. Often, if you can't get beyond whether or not the plant has superior or inferior ovaries, you literally hardly narrow the choices down at all. Oh by the way, this book is probably at least 5 pounds and won't even fit in the average day pack. This is by no means a field guide!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The definitive Yosemite Flora Guide,
By c billeci (California, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Illustrated Flora of Yosemite National Park (Hardcover)
We purchased this book in Yosemite and talked with Stephen Botti at length. He is a conscientious student, and now master, of Yosemite plants. Before our hike, we studied his book and were rewarded on the trail with plants he described. The book is full of color pictures; a nice reminder of what we saw in Yosemite this summer on those cold days back home in winter.
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