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Wildflowers

1. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide

  • An accurate 5-point identification system easily mastered by the nonbotanist. Lawrence Newcomb. Boston: Little, Brown, 1977.
    ISBN 0-316-60442-9 (pbk.).

2Y. Wildflowers of North America

  • An "Audubon Society Beginner Guide"; color coded. George S. Fitcher. New York: Random House, 1982.
    ISBN 0-394-84770-9 (pbk.).

3. Flower Finder

  • A guide to the identification of spring wild flowers and flower families, east of the Rockies and north of the Smokies, exclusive of trees and shrubs. May Theilgaard Watts. Nature Study Guild Publishers, PO Box 10489, Rochester, NY 14610-0489. 1955.
    ISBN 0-912550-00-7 (pbk.)

4. Spotter's Guide to Wild Flowers of North America

  • Describes 160+ species of wildflowers with check-off guide next to each color illustration. New York: Mayflower Books, 1979.
    ISBN 0-8317-9425-9 (pbk.)

5. Forest Wildflowers

  • Describes showy wildflowers of the woods, mountains, and forests of the northern Rocky Mountain states; color illustrations. Dee Strickler. Columbia Falls, MT 59912: The Flower Press, 192 Larch Lane, 1988.
    ISBN 0-937959-36-7 (pbk.).

6Y. A Field Guide to Wildflowers Coloring Book

  • A coloring book designed especially to teach wildflower identification. Roger Tory Peterson and Frances Tenenbaum. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
    ISBN 0-395-32522-6 (pbk.).

7. A Garden of Wildflowers

  • "A Garden Way Publishing Book": 101 native species and how to grow them; black and white illustrations. Henry W. Art. Pownal, VT 05261: Storey Communications, 1986.
    ISBN 0-88266-405-0 (pbk.).

8. Wildflowers Across America

  • A description of a vast number of America's unique flora shown in the wild and in their true, natural colors. Lady Bird Johnson and Carlton B. Lees. New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.
    ISBN 0-89659-770-9 (hbk.).

9Y. The Reason for a Flower

  • Written in a poetic-like format, this book explores how a flower becomes one and the diversification of plant life. Ruth Heller. New York: Scholastic, 1983.
    ISBN 0-590-41252-3 (pbk.).

10. Forest Pharmacy

  • Medicinal plants in American forests with color photographs. Steven Foster. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, 1995.
    ISBN 0-89030-051-8 (pbk.).


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