Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides) [Paperback]

Campbell Loughmiller (Author), Lynn Loughmiller (Author), Damon Waitt (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2006 | Series: Texas Natural History Guides

For two decades and counting, Texans have relied on Texas Wildflowers to identify the common and rare flowers we see along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and forests of our state. Compiled by naturalists Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller, with the technical assistance of Lynn Sherrod, Texas Wildflowers is an authoritative field guide with a personal touch in the many notes the Loughmillers included about the plants they described and photographed. This new edition of Texas Wildflowers retains the charm of the Loughmillers' book while emphasizing 61 additional species and bringing the plant taxonomy and nomenclature up to date. Like its predecessor, it includes all the features you need to identify the wildflowers of Texas: • 381 full-color, close-up photos that show every wildflower in the book, including over 200 photos that are new to this edition. • 370 species accounts that include the plant's scientific and common names, a description of its appearance, and its range, habitat, and blooming season. • Descriptions of 73 wildflower families, from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae. • Indexes to help you identify flowers by their Latin name and common name. • A guide to taxonomic updates in this edition. • A map, glossary, illustrated glossary, and bibliography for further reading. Lady Bird Johnson, author of the first edition's foreword, says of this new edition of Texas Wildflowers, "How delighted I am the University of Texas Press and the Wildflower Center are preserving Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller's legacy by revising and updating this beautiful and invaluable book about Texas wildflowers! Not only does it contain a wealth of knowledge, it also awakens our awareness of the splendor of nature and joyous lift of spirit it brings."

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About the Author

The late Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller were pioneering conservationists who coauthored four books. Campbell Loughmiller served as president of the Texas chapter of the Nature Conservancy and as a board member of the Texas Conservation Council.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: University of Texas Press; Revised edition (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0292712863
• ISBN-13: 978-0292712867
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #472,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best, after all these years., December 1, 2002

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Shannon D. Moore (San Antonio, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide (Paperback)

I received a copy of "Texas Wildflowers" when I was in middle school, in preparation for a class assignment to collect, identify and preserve a variety of Texas wildflowers. I have held on to my copy for the past 18 years, and it's still the best book for identifying Texas wildlflowers! The photos are superb, and the location and identifying information for each flower is informative and interesting.

My only complaint is the book isn't bound in a weatherproof binding so I can bring it along on my annual wildflower photography visits to Texas locales such as Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park; McKinney Falls State Park; Inks Lake State Park and Burnet, Texas.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference, April 29, 2007

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Earl J. Mcgehee "earl49" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides) (Paperback)

This book has good coverage, small pictures next to the text, and reasonable descriptions. However it is arranged by scientific name so it will not be easy to use this to find the name of that pretty little yellow flower by the roadside. Look at "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi for a similar field guide but that is grouped by flower colors.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Know Your Flowers By Name, April 9, 2007

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Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides) (Paperback)

This guide helps Texans (and visitors to Texas) to identify the common and rare flowers seen along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and forests of the state. Also included among the pages are 381 full-color, close up photos and 370 species including a description of its appearance, range, habitat, and blooming season.

Texas is famous for its bluebonnets, and they are a sight to see in the spring! This book shows how many more lovely flowers decorate the state. My favorite is seeing red indian paint accenting a swath of bluebonnets. Stunning.

Get this book to learn the names of all the flowers.