Plant Life category: 1095 books
Ponderosa
Big Pine of the Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
For hundreds of years, the massive ponderosa pine of the U.S. Southwest has left multitudes in awe. After spending nearly three decades researching among these trees, Sylvester Allred shares his wealth of experience in the southwestern ponderosa pine forests with the world in Ponderosa.
Ponderosa...
Mimicking Nature's Fire
Restoring Fire-Prone Forests In The West
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Mimicking Nature's Fire, forest ecologists Stephen Arno and Carl Fiedler prespractical solutions to the pervasive problem of deteriorating forest conditions in western North America.
Central Florida Wildflowers
A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Lake Wales Ridge, Ocala National Forest, Disney Wilderness Preserve, and More than 60 State Parks and Preserves
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This guide features stunning color photographs of 300 common wildflowers from Ocala National Forest, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, the Disney Wilderness Preserve, Archbold Biological Station, and Paynes Prairie State Park among others. Detailed descriptions and full-color photos aid the reader in identifying plants in the field.
The Pecan
A History of America's Native Nut
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
What would Thanksgiving be without pecan pie? New Orleans without pecan pralines? Southern cooks would have to hang up their aprons without America’s native nut, whose popularity has spread far beyond the tree’s natural home. But as familiar as the pecan is, most people don’t know the fascinating...
Northern Rocky Mountain Wildflowers
Including Glacier, Waterton Lakes, Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, and Yoho National Park
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Field guide to more than 300 wildflowers conveniently arranged for easy identification. Includes vibrant color photos and descriptions.
Southern Rocky Mountain Wildflowers
A Field Guide to Wildflowers in the Southern Rocky Mountains, including Rocky Mountain National Park
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Published in cooperation with the Rocky Mountain Nature Association. This book describes 200 wildflowers common to the Rocky Mountains.
Foraging Mushrooms Oregon
Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Mushrooms
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Detailed descriptions of edible mushrooms; tips on finding, preparing, and using mushrooms; a glossary of botanical terms; color photos. Use Foraging Mushrooms as a field guide or as a delightful armchair read. No matter what you’re looking for, be it the curative Heal-All or a snack, this guide...
Foraging New England
Edible Wild Food and Medicinal Plants from Maine to the Adirondacks to Long Island Sound
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
From beach peas to serviceberries, hen of the woods to Indian cucumber, ostrich ferns to sea rocket, Foraging New England guides the reader to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Northeast. Helpfully organized by environmental zone, the book is an authoritative guide for nature lovers, outdoorsmen, and gastronomes.
by Alexander C. Martin, Herbert S. Zim
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
This eBook is best viewed on a color device.
This Golden Guide describes and illustrates in full color more than 140 of our most common trees. Learn:
-How to recognize tree shapes, flowers, buds, leaves, and fruits
-Where each species grows
-The parts of a tree and the various kinds...
Gardener’s Guide to September/October Wildflowers
A Year in Wildflowers, #6
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
This wildflower identification guide includes over twenty common fall blooming wildflowers with photographs. Gardener’s Guide to September/October Wildflowers allows easier identification of wildflowers in the field because it is composed only of the late summer and early fall.
Late summer...
by Leonard M. Adkins, Joe Cook
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
With a new cover, more extensive index, and list of organizations, the new edition of Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail is the go-to resource for anyone interested in the wildflowers found along the 2,175-mile-long Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Stunning full-page color photos by Joe Cook and...
Gardener's Guide to June Wildflowers
A Year in Wildflowers, #3
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Gardener's Guide to June Wildflowers includes twenty common early spring woodland wildflowers with photographs. This field guide allows easier identification of wildflowers in the field because it is composed only of the earliest summer wildflowers, the wildflowers that begin bloom in June.
Gardeners' Guide to August Wildflowers
A Year in Wildflowers, #5
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
This wildflower identification guide includes over twenty common summer blooming wildflowers with photographs. Abe's Guide to August Wildflowers allows easier identification of wildflowers in the field because it is composed only of the early summer wildflowers of the season.
Late summer blooming...
Four Wings and a Prayer
Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2011
Every autumn, the monarch butterflies east of the Rockies migrate from as far north as Canada to Mexico. Memory is not their guide — no one butterfly makes the round trip — but each year somehow find their way to the same fifty acres of forest on the high slopes of Mexico’s Neovolcanic Mountains,...