A user friendly guide to the wildflowers of Yosemite and the central Sierra Nevada. Used as a field text by Yosemite personnel and the University of California. More than 200 color photographs identify 224 species. Also includes maps of select wildflower sites and regions.
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For the last decade or more, I have lugged one or two flower books along on backpacking trips in the Sierras, slowly learning to identify the gorgeous and the not-so-gorgeous plants that live in the Mountains of Light. I have come to appreciate several qualities in a field guide: clear photographs that capture the essential character of the plant; brief and clear descriptions that give not only common names and clues for identification but also information on the plant's preferred location and season and an interesting fact or two; clear organization to help me locate flowers that are old friends as well as new ones; and, most important, light in weight! This book scores high on all criteria. It's only rival so far is WILDFLOWERS 3: THE SIERRA NEVADA by Elizabeth Horn.
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This book was created as a "user friendly" guide to Yosemite's lovely wlldflowers, and as such does not presume a formal education in botany. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
meadow fringes, yellow disk flowers, many tiny flowers, ray flowers, mycorrhizal relationship, moist meadows, terminal spike, sunflower family, middle elevations, entrance station, dry slopes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yosemite Valley, Merced River, Tioga Road, Crane Flat, Shooting Stars, Tuolumne Meadows, Monkey Flowers, Gin Flat, National Park, Glacier Point, John's Wort, Sentinel Dome, Tioga Pass, Peak Season, Showy Milkweed, Sky Pilot, Bigelow's Sneezeweed, Brewer's Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Corn Lilies, Half Dome, Meadow Goldenrod, Owls Clover, Sierra Rein Orchids, Steers Head New!
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This book was created as a "user friendly" guide to Yosemite's lovely wlldflowers, and as such does not presume a formal education in botany. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
meadow fringes, yellow disk flowers, many tiny flowers, ray flowers, mycorrhizal relationship, moist meadows, terminal spike, sunflower family, middle elevations, entrance station, dry slopes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yosemite Valley, Merced River, Tioga Road, Crane Flat, Shooting Stars, Tuolumne Meadows, Monkey Flowers, Gin Flat, National Park, Glacier Point, John's Wort, Sentinel Dome, Tioga Pass, Peak Season, Showy Milkweed, Sky Pilot, Bigelow's Sneezeweed, Brewer's Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Corn Lilies, Half Dome, Meadow Goldenrod, Owls Clover, Sierra Rein Orchids, Steers Head New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Wildflowers Of North America by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California, Vol. 1: Ophioglossaceae to Aristolochiaceae, Ferns to Birthworts by LeRoy Abrams on page 137
- Field Guide by Robert Irving in Back Matter
- A California Flora and Supplement by Philip A. Munz in Back Matter
- Manual of the Flowering Plants of California by Willis L. Jepson in Back Matter
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- Lonely Planet Yosemite National Park by Kurt Wolff on page 263
- Yosemite National Park: A Personal Discovery by Ardeth Huntington in Back Matter
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