Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley
- Publisher
- Lone Pine Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Apr 1999
- Category
- Flowers
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551052267
- Publish Date
- Apr 1999
- List Price
- $23.95
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Description
A photographic guide to 200 wildflower species from the Central Valley near Sacramento, west up to the peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Each species has at least one photograph, a description and notes on its distribution, native and modern uses and similar species.
About the author
Laird R. Blackwell, who received his Ph. D. from Stanford University, has taught field wildflower classes in the American West for over 25 years. He lives with his wife, Melinda, in Tahoe, where he is professor and department chairman of Humanities at Sierra Nevada College. Laird has spent more than 10 years exploring the Sierra, the Mojave and the Great Basin. He hopes that his books deepen the reader's knowledge and love of this remarkable part of the world. He also hopes that everyone will be fortunate enough to see the high desert in a wet year, for he believes it is one of the most glorious of wildflower treats.
