Peterson Field Guide(R) to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers (Peterson Field Guides) [Paperback]

John Craighead (Author), Ray J. Davis (Author), Frank C. Craighead (Author), Roger Tory Peterson (Author)

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About the Author

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (April 2, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395183243
• ISBN-13: 978-0395183243
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #416,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Flower Book for Grand Teton Park, November 26, 2009

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W. E. Baehr "whipperin1" (Nomadic, From Sea to Shining Sea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peterson Field Guide(R) to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback)

I am a guide in Grand Teton Park and this is the best flower book for my work. Photos of flowers are all in one section making it quicker to find the flower I am trying to identify. Binding is cheap and book starts falling apart with much use or it would have been 5 star.

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the space in your pack, July 4, 2011

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Elkmeister "Inquiring Mind" (Montana, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peterson Field Guide(R) to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback)

Awful guide. Another reason you need to actually see any guide book you are purchasing. The pictures are tiny and of poor image quality. Wildflowers organized botanically rather than any sort of color system. If you are a botanist maybe this book helps. (if you are a botanist why would you need this book?) If you just want to identify the local wildflowers it is pretty much useless.