Author: Toni Fauver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Wildflower Walks and Roads of the Sierra Gold Country
Author: Toni Fauver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers
Author: Eva Begley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493075624
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers is an informative guide to the rich and varied flora of California’s Sierra Nevada, a majestic mountain chain that includes Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks, from the upper foothills, through forests and mountain meadows, along the shores of alpine lakes, and up onto windswept ridges high above timberline. This new edition enables both amateurs and professionals to quickly and accurately identify over 460 wildflowers and flowering shrubs frequently encountered in this spectacular region. INSIDE YOU’LL FIND: Photos and detailed yet user-friendly descriptions of more than 460 plants Tips on how to distinguish similar-looking species Overview of challenges to native plants and what you can do to help protect them. Primer on plant characteristics Glossary of botanical terms
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493075624
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers is an informative guide to the rich and varied flora of California’s Sierra Nevada, a majestic mountain chain that includes Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks, from the upper foothills, through forests and mountain meadows, along the shores of alpine lakes, and up onto windswept ridges high above timberline. This new edition enables both amateurs and professionals to quickly and accurately identify over 460 wildflowers and flowering shrubs frequently encountered in this spectacular region. INSIDE YOU’LL FIND: Photos and detailed yet user-friendly descriptions of more than 460 plants Tips on how to distinguish similar-looking species Overview of challenges to native plants and what you can do to help protect them. Primer on plant characteristics Glossary of botanical terms
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers
Author: Karen Wiese
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149300266X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Field guide to 290 wildflowers conveniently arranged for easy identification. Includes vibrant color photos and descriptions.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149300266X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Field guide to 290 wildflowers conveniently arranged for easy identification. Includes vibrant color photos and descriptions.
Wildflowers of California
Author: Laird Blackwell
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520951476
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520951476
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
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.
Touring The Sierra Nevada
Author: Cheryl Angelina Koehler
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874177170
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The complete guide to the entire Sierra NevadaThe Sierra Nevada is one of the most scenic, biologically diverse, and historically rich mountain ranges in North America. Touring the Sierra Nevada covers the entire range and its adjacent regions, exploring the Sierra Nevada from such world-famous sites as Lake Tahoe and Yosemite to picturesque mining towns, scenic alpine lakes, lush vineyards, and colorful hidden byways. Koehler offers suggestions for long tours and exciting daytrips, as well as detailed information about the history, geology, flora and fauna, economy, and unique features of places along the way. The book is illustrated with photographs and maps of the regions she describes. Koehler includes excursions for automobile travelers as well as backcountry adventures for hikers. She provides information about attractions in the Sierra’s two “jumping-off” cities, Sacramento and Reno, as well as in some of the major towns within the range. There is practical advice about contacting parks, museums, historical sites, visitors’ bureaus, U.S. Forest Service offices, and other agencies; finding lodging, campgrounds, and restaurants along the way; preparing for weather and altitude changes; and identifying further sources of information about the region in published guides and other books, as well as on websites. Koehler offers her readers the literary companionship of an experienced, charming, and vivacious guide through one of America’s most fascinating regions.
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874177170
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The complete guide to the entire Sierra NevadaThe Sierra Nevada is one of the most scenic, biologically diverse, and historically rich mountain ranges in North America. Touring the Sierra Nevada covers the entire range and its adjacent regions, exploring the Sierra Nevada from such world-famous sites as Lake Tahoe and Yosemite to picturesque mining towns, scenic alpine lakes, lush vineyards, and colorful hidden byways. Koehler offers suggestions for long tours and exciting daytrips, as well as detailed information about the history, geology, flora and fauna, economy, and unique features of places along the way. The book is illustrated with photographs and maps of the regions she describes. Koehler includes excursions for automobile travelers as well as backcountry adventures for hikers. She provides information about attractions in the Sierra’s two “jumping-off” cities, Sacramento and Reno, as well as in some of the major towns within the range. There is practical advice about contacting parks, museums, historical sites, visitors’ bureaus, U.S. Forest Service offices, and other agencies; finding lodging, campgrounds, and restaurants along the way; preparing for weather and altitude changes; and identifying further sources of information about the region in published guides and other books, as well as on websites. Koehler offers her readers the literary companionship of an experienced, charming, and vivacious guide through one of America’s most fascinating regions.
Sierra Nevada Natural History
Author: Tracy Irwin Storer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520240964
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Drawings and color plates accompany the over 750 scientifically accurate, but easy-to-understand descriptions in this guide to the plants, animals, climate, geology, physical features and human influence in the Sierra Nevada.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520240964
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Drawings and color plates accompany the over 750 scientifically accurate, but easy-to-understand descriptions in this guide to the plants, animals, climate, geology, physical features and human influence in the Sierra Nevada.
California Geology
Author: California. Division of Mines and Geology
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Wildflower Walking in Lakes Basin of the Northern Sierra
Author: Toni Fauver
Publisher: Comstock Bonanza Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: Comstock Bonanza Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California
Author: California Native Plant Society. Redbud Chapter
Publisher: California Native Plant Society
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Describes and illustrates with color photos 520 species of wildflowers found in Nevada and Placer Counties, California. Also provides a physical description of the area, places to see wildflowers, Native American uses, and a complete plant checklist, which includes thirty-eight percent of the plants known to grow wild in California"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: California Native Plant Society
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Describes and illustrates with color photos 520 species of wildflowers found in Nevada and Placer Counties, California. Also provides a physical description of the area, places to see wildflowers, Native American uses, and a complete plant checklist, which includes thirty-eight percent of the plants known to grow wild in California"--Provided by publisher.
The Cumulative Book Index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2520
Book Description