Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington (Wetland Plants of Oregon & Washington) [Paperback]

B. Jennifer Guard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wetland Plants of Oregon & Washington | Publication Date: July 3, 1997

This guide describes more than 330 plant species with hints for distinguishing easily confused species and notes on endangered plants and wildlife.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is a beautifully illustrated, easy-to-use field guide. Whether you are a naturalist, a day hiker, or an armchair adventurer, this reference book will be a welcome addition to your backpack or library. --Hortus Northwest

...a fine overview of wetland plant species and associated habitats. This field guide provides an excellent, user-friendly introduction to the wetland plants and habitats of the Pacific Northwest. …the author's description and graphic display of the more common species of Washington and Oregon makes this book a very useful field reference. --Aquatic Botany magazine

...striking photographs of some of the most difficult-to-photograph plants there are!!! Image after image offered informative and beautiful portraits of many of our Northwest wetland plants. Trygve Steen provided the photographs and rightly deserves high praise for the technical perfection and beauty achieved in most of his 300+ photos. The book's convenient size and superb photography make it a valuable field reference. --Douglasia magazine

About the Author

JENNIFER GUARD developed an interest in botany while she was pursuing an English degree at Portland State University. While pursuing graduate studies at the University of Oregon, Jennifer was recruited and hired by a private engineering corporation to develop an environmental division. This gave Jennifer the opportunity in 1991 to found Wetland Specialties, an Oregon-based environmental consulting business that offers botanical, wetland and land planning services to municipal, industrial and private organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest. Jennifer is a natural resource specialist and a botanist who understands the need to regulate growth and development with careful natural resource planning. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing; First edition (July 3, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551050609
• ISBN-13: 978-1551050607
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,056,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ...but not exclusively Oregon, July 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington (Wetland Plants of Oregon & Washington) (Paperback)

Although the author is admittedly part of the vibrant botany research community in the Corvallis-Eugene area, many of the species found in Western Oregon are found also in similar habitats in Western Washington and far NW Calif. Very few, if any, plants are described for east of the Cascades. The range for the book is clearly stated in the introduction. Note that as a wetland delineator, I find it to be excellent for a field reference for many typical wetland and fringe species. For specific identification, though, a flora such as Hitchcock's _Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest_ (5 vol. set) or the abbreviated _Flora of the Pacific Northwest_ is more appropriate.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Oregon-centered, January 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington (Wetland Plants of Oregon & Washington) (Paperback)

I was dissapointed with this book. It is separated by region, the Willamette Valley section being about half the book. If I lived, there, it would have been a great reference. But its coverage of other areas is not complete enough for my taste.