Alpine Flower Finder
Description
Identify wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains—above the treeline—with this pocket-size guide.
You can appreciate and enjoy nature’s beautiful wildflowers! If you’re curious about the flowers that you encounter in the mountains, then Alpine Flower Finder by Janet L. Wingate, Ph.D., and Loraine Yeatts is exactly what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify wildflowers above the treeline in the Rocky Mountains.
The booklet provides a dichotomous key to identifying the most common and showy wildflowers. Just answer a series of simple questions about the color, shape, and appearance of the plant. Along the way, Janet’s professional illustrations help to guide you to a positive identification.
The information is applicable to the mountain regions of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Book Features:
- Step-by-step guide to identifying wildflowers
- More than 350 species
- Professional line illustrations with key markings for identification
- Small format that fits into a pocket or pack
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Persons
Janet L. Wingate., M.S., Ph.D., is the Emeritus Curator at the Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Janet is a botanist, botanical illustrator, and former curator of the Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium. She has studied Rocky Mountain flora for more than 45 years and is the author and illustrator of several botanical books, including Rocky Mountain Flower Finder and Alpine Flower Finder.
Loraine Yeatts is a field botanist and taxonomist specializing in alpine and desert floras, as well as an accomplished wildflower photographer with contributions to botanical and horticultural publications. She is currently a research assistant at Denver Botanic Gardens’ Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium, where she conducts botanical fieldwork, plant identification, and specimen curation. She has conducted several botanical surveys and has given numerous presentations celebrating the diversity and beauty of southwestern native flora.
Content
How to Use This Book
Tips
Glossary—Terms That Describe Flowers
Glossary—Terms That Describe Leaves
Habitat
Range
Abbreviations
Begin Here
Key to Mat Plants
Key to Shrubs
Key to Flowers with No Petals
Key to Tiny Flowers
Key to Plants with Regular Flowers and Separate Petals
Key to Plants with Regular Flowers and United Petals
Key to Plants with Irregular Flowers
Identification Guide
Index
About the Authors
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