Rocky Mountain Flora [Paperback]

William A. Weber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1991

The Front Range of Colorado is one of America's most famous and spectacular summer playgrounds. Not among the least of the scenic attractions to be found here are the lavish displays of wild flowers in the mountain meadows and alpine heights, the vast expanses of cool, green forested lands, the brilliant splashes of autumn colour of our aspens and sumacs, and the endless rolling grasslands of the eastern plains. There are very few places in the United States where so many types of vegetation are crowded into such a relatively small area, and where in the space of a few minutes time one may alternately bake in the climate of the desert, and shiver in the climate of the far north. Learning to recognise the plants is a first step toward understanding a flora. The species descriptions, delicate line drawings, colour photographs, plant keys, reference materials, and glossary in "Rocky Mountain Flora" offer an outstanding starting point for the pursuit of botany in the Rockies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 479 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado; 5 Revised edition (February 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870810685
• ISBN-13: 978-0870810688
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,030,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A compact S. Rocky Mountain field guide with botanical keys, November 26, 2009

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This review is from: Rocky Mountain Flora (Paperback)

This is a compact book, though it is fairly inclusive. This book had most of the plants I saw in my Rocky Mountain travels and the keys worked reliably well. There are no species descriptions, so when you key it down to the species, you are left there in the key, with no further information. I guess this helps keep the size and weight of the book down, but then I need to carry other field guides to flush out the species information. There are a few helpful well-wrought black and white illustrations as well as a very few color photographs. The books main virtue is its keys which are admirable. Thank you Mr. Weber, I will keep bringing this field guide with me, and look forward to updates (hopefully).