Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers
by A. E. Porsild
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This compact and informative guide to wildflowers contains beautiful color drawings of almost 250 of the commoner and more spectacular flowers, ferns, grasses, and ground-dwelling evergreens. The capsule descriptions include the common name, the Latin name, the typical habitat, distribution in North America, and often a description of plants with which the specimen might be confused. An excellent companion for hikers and naturalists.Tags
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers
- Original publication date
- 1974
- Important places
- Rocky Mountains, Canada; Alberta, Canada
- First words
- Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers has been designed primarily for the use of the visitor to Jasper, Banff and Waterton Lakes National Parks, Alberta, to help him to recognize and know a little better the commoner and more ... (show all)spectacular wild flowers within their boundaries, mainly in the alpine and subalpine zones; and, because a great many of the flowers described and illustrated are also common in the alpine country to the south and west of these parks, it will also be useful there.
Classifications
- Genres
- Science & Nature, Nonfiction, Reference, Travel
- DDC/MDS
- 582.13 — Natural sciences & mathematics Plants (Botany) Plants noted for specific vegetative characteristics and flowers Herbaceous and woody plants, plants noted for their flowers Flowering plants
- LCC
- QK203 .R63 .P67 — Science Botany Botany General
- BISAC
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- 68
- Popularity
- 460,966
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- (3.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
