Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, each of these large-format (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) paperback books contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract, identify, and understand birds and butterflies, and to grow and identify beautiful wildflowers at home.
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This review is from: The Wildflower Book: East of the Rockies - A Complete Guide to Growing and Identifying Wildflowers (Stokes Backyard Nature Books) (Paperback)
Perhaps the publisher has changed the subtitle since its initial publication in 1992. My book is subtitled "The Complete Guide to Growing and Identifying Wildflowers." Unlike their excellent Field Guide to Birds, this book is neither complete nor especially helpful for the identification of eastern wildflowers. There are two excellent chapters on Trilliums and Lady Slippers. Following these is a "gallery" of 87 plants with photographs, Some helpful for identification, some not close enough to be useful, (e.g.Hawkweed). It would be helpful to see the plant's leaves, yet they are frequently omitted from the photograph,(e.g. Yarrow and Queen Anne's Lace which are often confused). The growing tips are quite welcome. Most guides omit these. The fact that the authors have chosen their favorite plants and omitted the rest is this book's severest limitation. I took a drive today and wondered, "What is that gorgeous blue plant dotting the roadside? Could I grow it? What is that pinky splash of daisylike plants? Is that some kind of wild phlox growing by that stream bank?" The Stokes book did not help. I found the answers elsewhere.
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This review is from: The Wildflower Book: East of the Rockies - A Complete Guide to Growing and Identifying Wildflowers (Stokes Backyard Nature Books) (Paperback)
The book is a nice addition to your wild flower library, but definitly not one to take with you for identification purposes.
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For many of us our love of wildflowers began when we were children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rich organic content, average organic content, identification clues, average moisture, part shade, purple trillium, native plant society, growing tips, disk flowers, ray flowers, woodland wildflowers, oxeye daisy, creeping phlox, wildflower meadow, full sun, moist woods Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, North America, New York, Appalachian Mountains, Queen Anne New!
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For many of us our love of wildflowers began when we were children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rich organic content, average organic content, identification clues, average moisture, part shade, purple trillium, native plant society, growing tips, disk flowers, ray flowers, woodland wildflowers, oxeye daisy, creeping phlox, wildflower meadow, full sun, moist woods Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, North America, New York, Appalachian Mountains, Queen Anne New!
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- A Guide to Nature in Winter by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Stokes Guide to Observing Insect Lives by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles (Stokes Nature Guides) by Thomas F. Tyning in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Stokes Guide to Bird Behavior, Volume 1 by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Guide to Enjoying Wildflowers (Stokes Nature Guides) by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The Stokes Purple Martin Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting and Housing Purple Martins (Stokes Backyard Nature Books) by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds : Western Region by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Stokes Beginner's Guide to Bird Feeding by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Bluebird Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting Bluebirds (Stokes Backyard Nature Books) by Donald W. Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Guide to Bird Behavior, Volume 2 (Stokes Nature Guides) by Donald Stokes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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