A Field Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests
Title | A Field Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Kricher |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 404 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780395928967 |
This comprehensive field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forests of California and the Pacific Northwest. With 53 color plates and 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, and other insects.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to California
Title | National Audubon Society Field Guide to California PDF eBook |
Author | National Audubon Society |
Publisher | Knopf |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 1998-05-26 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0679446788 |
The most comprehensive field guide available to the flora and fauna of California--a portable, essential companion for visitors and residents alike--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. This compact volume contains: An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more; A complete overview of California's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky; An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others. The guide is packed with visual information -- the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.
A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests
Title | A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Kricher |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 402 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780395928974 |
This comprehensive field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forest communities of the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. It includes 53 color plates and more than 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles and amphibians, butterflies, beetles, and other insects.
A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America
Title | A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Kricher |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780395928950 |
Provides an introduction to patterns of forest ecology, looks at each of the major forest types of eastern North America, examines changes that occur as abandoned fields turn into forests, features background on the process of adaptation and natural selection, and describes forest changes in each of the four seasons.
Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest
Title | Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest PDF eBook |
Author | Elliott A. Norse |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 370 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
The Wilderness Society.
A Field Guide to the Ecology of Western Forests
Title | A Field Guide to the Ecology of Western Forests PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Kricher |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 680 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
Companion volume to Eastern Forests, these are the first field guides that go beyond identification to interpretation, combining wildlife and plant life in a single volume, and providing today's environmentally conscious readers with insightful, intriguing ecological information. 48 color plates. 50 line drawings.
Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest
Title | Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Turner |
Publisher | Timber Press |
Total Pages | 449 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1604696192 |
A must-have for naturalists and plant lovers in the Pacific Northwest Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found woody plants in the region. It features introductory chapters on the native landscape and plant entries that detail the family, scientific and common name, flowering seasons, and size. This must-have guide is for hikers, nature lovers, plant geeks, and anyone who wants to know more about the many plants of the Pacific Northwest. Includes photographs and descriptions of 568 species of woody plants Covers Oregon, Washington, northern California, and British Columbia Introductory chapters discuss the ecoregions, habitats, and microhabitats of the Pacific Northwest User-friendly organization by leaf type