Wildflowers of Vermont [Paperback]

Kate Carter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 12, 2001

The perfect fieldguide for anyone wishing to identify the flowers that grow wild in Vermont. This pocket-size guidebook features 235 color photos of wildflowers growing on Vermont's trailsides, roadsides, alpine summits, woodlands and bogs.

Key information includes:

* Flowers organized by color
* Common names, latin names, family names
* Basic descriptions of each flower
* At-a-glance flower size and plant height
* Bloom time and habitat
* Look-alike flowers
* Date and location of each flower photographed

Take it with you everywhere! 256 color pages, 3.5 by 6 inches, protected by a weather-resistant clear, vinyl cover.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A fast-moving item. This book sold 10% of its press run in the first week. It's being purchased by bookstores, outdoor specialty shops, gift shops, school systems, and individuals.

From the Author

The detail of the color photos is spectacular!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Cotton Brook Publications (December 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971279004
• ISBN-13: 978-0971279001
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 3.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,199,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Guide, July 15, 2002

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Dennis P. Curtin "shortcourses" (Marblehead, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wildflowers of Vermont (Paperback)

I bought this book last week and it's about my 10th guide to wildflowers. It's a really spendid guide in three respects at least. First the photographs are wonderful. Ms. Carter is a first-class photographer. Second, the guide fits in your pocket, something no other guides do. Third, it doesn't bog you down in lots of details that are not important in the field. Once you have identified a plant, you can enter the name, or Latin name into a Web search engine such as Google and find out more than any guide could possible cover anyway. It has lots of little embellishments that show the author is also a good publisher (this isn't from an international conglomerate, but from her own publishing company). Flowers are organized by color, and flower size is emphasized so you don't think that 2-inch color blossom in the book is different from the 1/4-inch flower in the field. It's a great little guide and is useful throughout the NorthEast because we share the same wildflowers.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great pocket sized guide. Easy to use., October 17, 2011

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Agnes Ann "CAH Creations" (Ascutney, VT USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wildflowers of Vermont (Paperback)

Great little book. Very informative and easy to use. A must have field guide for anyone who likes to identify flowers and weeds.

5.0 out of 5 stars Go visit these flowers!, October 21, 2006

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Martin H. Dickinson "Walker in the woods, dis... (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wildflowers of Vermont (Paperback)

Kate Carter's little book is a wonderful invitation to visit the countryside and see firsthand the old time beauty that a place like Vermont has to offer. A profusion of the most interesting looking flowers will greet the hiker or traveler in almost any corner of Vermont. Make sure you are ready with this little book in hand.

These are exquisite photographs--most of them taken by Carter herself. The division by color makes it easy to identify the flower you find and a joy to look through this book in the evening after a day on the hiking trail. There's also a neat guide to botanical terms (amaze your friends by knowing what a clasping leaf is or by describing the sepal of your favorite flower) as well as an alphabetical list of flower families with their characteristics.

The very first time I went into the woods with this guide in Stowe, I found a bottle gentian along the trail. Be warned: not all wild flowers are beautiful, for example the common burdock, whose flowers become brown burrs that cling to the clothing, and touch-me-nots and chicory can be profuse, unsightly and weedy along the roadways.

How interesting that several of the flowers that appear in Carter's book (including the gentian) can be found in the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Of course, that's because she loved the flowers so much, and because her native Amherst is not far from Vermont's border with Massachusetts.

The flowers are waiting. Get this book and get out there.