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Wildflowers of the Adirondacks

Donald J. Leopold and Lytton John Musselman

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The definitive field guide to the magnificent wildflowers of the Adirondacks.

Covering more than six million acres of protected wilderness, the Adirondacks, with their landscape of high peaks, verdant wetlands, majestic trees, and lush carpets of flowers, is a pristine paradise for nature lovers.

The only available identification guide to the Adirondack region's wildflowers, this comprehensive resource is packed with more than 300 gorgeous color images, one to represent almost every flower commonly found in this huge range. Revealing the stunning diversity of Adirondack wildflowers, from...

The definitive field guide to the magnificent wildflowers of the Adirondacks.

Covering more than six million acres of protected wilderness, the Adirondacks, with their landscape of high peaks, verdant wetlands, majestic trees, and lush carpets of flowers, is a pristine paradise for nature lovers.

The only available identification guide to the Adirondack region's wildflowers, this comprehensive resource is packed with more than 300 gorgeous color images, one to represent almost every flower commonly found in this huge range. Revealing the stunning diversity of Adirondack wildflowers, from goldenrod and marsh blue violet to cattails and hellebore, the book includes

• detailed botanical species accounts, arranged by flower color
• images of each flower that highlight key features for easy ID
• information about each species' natural history
• descriptions of the region's upland, wetland, and aquatic habitats
• a special section on the nearly 40 terrestrial orchid species found in the Adirondacks

Written by Donald J. Leopold and Lytton John Musselman, skilled botanists and the foremost authorities on these plants, this superior quality guide will appeal to residents of and visitors to the Adirondacks and northeastern mountains, including wildlife professionals, citizen scientists, backpackers, campers, photographers, bird watchers, artists, and wild food foragers.

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I can't remember a book making me so eager for spring. Others may have given me the feel of that swift, sweet season, but none has given me so much to do when it arrives... The book's layout and typography are simple and elegant, and its photos are beautiful — many of them exceedingly so... [Wildflowers of the Adirondacks] also has an intangible quality I don't get from many other guidebooks: Somehow it motivates me to get out and use it.

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Publication Date
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Available
Trim Size
5.5
x
8.5
Pages
368
ISBN
9781421431109
Illustration Description
315 color illus.
Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
General Plant Community Types in the Adirondacks
Overview to Special Groups of Adirondack Wildflowers
Species Accounts (by Predominant Flower Color)
References
Index to Species

Preface
Introduction
General Plant Community Types in the Adirondacks
Overview to Special Groups of Adirondack Wildflowers
Species Accounts (by Predominant Flower Color)
References
Index to Species Descriptions

Author Bios
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Donald J. Leopold

Donald J. Leopold is a Distinguished Teaching Professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including Native Plants of the Northeast: A Guide for Gardening and Conservation.
Lytton John Musselman
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Lytton John Musselman

Lytton John Musselman is the Mary Payne Hogan Professor of Botany and manager of the Blackwater Ecologic Preserve at Old Dominion University. He is author of A Dictionary of Bible Plants and Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh: Plants of the Bible and the Quran.