Wildflowers A Guide To Identifying The Wildflowers Of Northern California S Wine Country

For both the visitor and the local enthusiast, this is a guide to many of the floral gems of the California Wine Country landscape as seen through the camera lenses of April Lynch and Barbara Haddon. Features are - Photos of 350+ wildflowers, grouped by color - Common and scientific names - Size and bloom time - Landscape and close-up views - Map of floral hot spots of Wine Country - Photo tips - References and resources Barbara has given her original presentations (Local Wildflowers, More Local Wildflowers, and Roadside Wildflowers) to various audiences. She collaborated on the "Ornamental Gardening Guide" published by the UCCE Lake County Master Gardeners. April, photographer and award-winning artist, is a third generation Californian. She is a member of California Native Plants Society and UCCE Sonoma County Master Gardeners. Her presentations include the identification, care, and diseases of oak trees.

For both the visitor and local enthusiast, this is a guide to many of the floral gems of the California Wine Country landscape as seen through the camera lenses of April Lynch and Barbara Haddon. Included are photos of 350 wildflowers with common and scientific names and bloom time. Organized by color to make use easy, we have included distance and close up views to aid in identification.

"A photographic guide to wildflowers of four of the west coast's most beautiful counties: Marin, Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino. Includes 542 full color images of the native plants of this area, the familiar as well as the shy beauties that must be sought out. Discover 358 species, 83 plant families, of wildflowers. Easy to use: grouped by color, close up photos for identification. Learn bloom times, habitats, garden tips, native uses, natural history, 33 wildflower hot spots with maps." --Amazon

A new, updated edition of the classic key to identifying wildflowers that grow in the range of the Coast Redwood tree, Sequoia sempervirens, along the coastal fog belt of California. Organized as a dichotomous key, leading the user first to flower families and then to the species. Includes flowers of sunny openings, fields, and streamsides, as well as flowers of the forest floor. Heavily illustrated with line drawings that clearly show important plant features. The key format encourages users to look closely at plant structures, leads to accurate identification, and is fun to use. Names and flower families have been updated to conform to the latest edition of the Jepson Manual.

The Western guide to identifying wildflowers in North America encompasses updated descriptions of a wide variety of species, distribution, and taxonomy and features more than seven hundred full-color photographs of flowers in their natural habitats.

These are fully illustrated with color photographs, comprehensive field guides including extensive descriptions covering appearance, habitat, range and much more!

Examines many species and varieties of wild flowers, describing their origins, characteristics, and adaptations.

Accurate information on size, appearance, habitat, and known ranges and full-color illustrations constitute a complete guide to more than fifteen hundred native and naturalized species