In this pocket-sized book, the author combines his poetic appreciation for nature with superb photographs to produce a guide to more than 100 of Tahoe's most common wildflowers.
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Laird R. Blackwell, who received his Ph. D. from Stanford University, has taught field wildflower classes in the American West for over 25 years. He lives with his wife, Melinda, in Tahoe, where he is professor and department chairman of Humanities at Sierra Nevada College. Laird has spent more than 10 years exploring the Sierra, the Mojave and the Great Basin. He hopes that his books deepen the reader's knowledge and love of this remarkable part of the world. He also hopes that everyone will be fortunate enough to see the high desert in a wet year, for he believes it is one of the most glorious of wildflower treats.
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A wonderful guide to identifying Tahoe wildflowers,
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This review is from: Wildflowers of the Tahoe Sierra (Paperback)
There are several books available on California wildflower identification, but this is the only one that covers the Tahoe Sierra. Laird Blackwell, respected professor at Sierra Nevada College has dished up a wonderfully satifying little book that is packed with beautiful photographs, helpful identification tips and humorous prose. As a plant identification teacher myself, I can attest to this books need and I warmly reccomend it to anyone who wishes to walk though Tahoe's beautiful wild gardens and have at their fingertips a fun and helpful guide to the wioldflowers of this region.
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Sierra Wildflowers,
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This review is from: Wildflowers of the Tahoe Sierra (Paperback)
I purchased this book just before I was going to Carson pass for a day's hike to look at the wildflowers. It came in very handy. It also helped me to identify most of the photographs I had taken when I got home.It is not very easy to find specific flowers in order to identify them even though there are several groupings based on colors and common and scientific names. It is by no means a complete treatise because we found flowers which were not in the book. Fortunatley we had a very knowledgeable Sierra club leader (Wildflower Roger) who helped me identify the ones I could not find in the book. Overall, it is a handy little book to have.
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