"This fully revised and updated book contains beautiful full-color photos, easy-to-understand descriptions, and interesting facts for approximately 400 wildflowers frequently encountered in the spectacular Sierra Nevada region"--
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers is an informative guide to the rich and varied flora of Californias 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 YOULL 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
Eva Begley holds a Ph.D. in botany from the University of California at Davis, has enjoyed plants ever since she was a toddler, and has been exploring the Sacramento Valley for more than forty years. She has taught undergraduate courses in botany and general biology as well as plant identification classes for the general public, worked in botanical and agricultural research labs, and served as a Senior Environmental Scientist and Senior Environmental Planner for several state agencies. Her articles on various natural history topics have been published in Outdoor California and other magazines, along with photographs taken by her husband, Paul Begley, and herself; she is also the author or co-author of a number of scientific papers. She lives in Sacramento, California.
