Wildflowers of California

Laird Blackwell

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Année: 2012
• ISBN:
  9780520951471
• Édition: 1
• Sujet: Biological Sciences
• Sous-sujet: Botany

In this photograph-driven field guide to California's spectacular wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell expertly provides several ways to find them in bloom: by month, by place, and by flower. The month-by-month descriptions—found in no other statewide guide—suggest what to see and where to go throughout the state during the blooming season. The author also supplies more than 300 locations arranged in 10 geographical regions, highlighting 67 of his favorite places with detailed driving and walking directions and difficulty, blooming times, and lists of predominant wildflowers as well as a featured flower. The guide contains more than 650 color photographs by the author, including 600 species arranged by flower, with natural history notes and places and months to find the flower in bloom. Throughout, experienced wildflower guide Blackwell shares his love of the beautiful places and flowers he has visited throughout California.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• SPECIAL WILDFLOWER PLACES
• THE WILDFLOWER MONTHS AND THEIR FLOWERS
• Featured Flowers and Their Locations
• Plants in This Book That Are Endemic to California
• Plants in This Book on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants
• Map of Other Flower Locations Indicated in the Text
• Other Flower Locations Indicated in Text
• References
• Additional Captions
• Index of Common Names
• Index of Scientific Names
• About the Author