National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region

by National Audubon Society

Overview

This fully revised edition brings a new level of beauty, accuracy, and usefulness to the field guide that wildflower enthusiasts have relied upon for more than 20 years.

More than 940 all-new, full-color images show the wildflowers of western North America close-up and in their natural habitats. The guide has been completely revised to make identification in the field easier than ever. Images are grouped by flower color and shape and keyed to clear, concise descriptions that reflect current taxonomy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375402333
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/03/2001
Series:	National Audubon Society Field Guides
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	896
Product dimensions:	4.14(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.31(d)

About the Author

The author, Richard Spellenberg, is Professor Emeritus of Biology at New Mexico State University.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	15
	Parts of a Flower	22
	How to Use This Guide	31
Part I	Color Plates
	Key to the Color Plates	35
	How to Read the Captions Under the Plates	38
	Color Plates	40
	Green	1
	White	17
	Yellow	187
	Orange	363
	Brown	377
	Red	387
	Pink	427
	Purple	555
	Blue	631
Part II	Family and Species Descriptions
	654 major species arranged within 85 families alphabetically by scientific name	321
Part III	Appendices
	Glossary	809
	Photo Credits	816
	Index	829

Editorial Reviews

The National Audubon Society, founded in 1905, has a long and distinguished record in the appreciation and preservation of wild nature. Their wildflower field guides contain clear, lovely photographs of specimens, conveniently divided by color for quick identification in the field, while the second part gives an authoritative classification of species within their family arranged by scientific name.

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