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Wildflowers of the Southern Rocky Mountains

Encompassing a multitude of National Parks, Monuments, National Forests and Wilderness Areas, the southern Rocky Mountains are celebrated for striking alpine scenery and contain the highest mountains in the Rocky Mountain system.

A dazzling display of native wildflowers cloaks meadows, mountains, forests and streams in this region that stretches from southern Wyoming through Colorado and into northern New Mexico.

Striking color photographs portray a cross section of this rich diversity, with text describing key identifying features such as size, habitat and blooming period with reference to similar species.

ISBN:978-1-936913-11-4

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Janis Huggins

Janis is a botanist and naturalist in the Aspen/Snowmass area, and has spent more than 40 years exploring Colorado’s high country.

Her field guide, Wild at Heart, won the Colorado Book Award for non-fiction in 2005.

Besides traveling the Rockies writing and photographing wildflowers, she guides and teaches for Aspen’s Center for Environmental Studies, has worked for ten years as a field botanist for the Colorado Natural Heritage Program at Colorado State University, and has also taught alpine skiing and windsurfing.

She received a B.S. in Natural Sciences with an emphasis in Botany from the University Without Walls at Loretto Heights College (Denver) in 1981, where she was chosen Student of the Year.

Janis also studied at the University of Denver, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the Biological Station at Flathead Lake in Montana, and holds a degree in Clinical Herbal Therapy.

her goal in life is to help people see the landscape “through new eyes,” to cherish the fascinating species with which we share our surroundings, and to seek new ways to secure the future of those species as they are a part of the matrix that enriches life.

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Wildflowers of New York

With more than 90 close-up, brilliant photos grouped by color, this guide is your key to understanding when and where flowers bloom, which are native to New York State, and which you may want to add to your own garden for a non-stop, season-long riot of color.

Loaded with wildflowers that thrive in city parks, on mountainsides, in urban and suburban gardens, in forests and pine barrens, and in fertile wetlands, this guide becomes your go-to reference.

Text about each flower provides a list of characteristics—from petal arrangement to height—to help you tell one flower from another. This laminated, double-sided, six-panel guide turns every nature walk or Sunday bike ride into an exciting learning experience.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-34-6

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Nic & Randi Minetor

Nic and Randi Minetor are the photographer and researcher/author team behind 20 published guides on birding, hiking trails, historic cities, and America’s national parks.

Their titles include Backyard Birding: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Birds (Lyons Press, 2011), and five books in the Best Easy Day Hikes series (FalconGuides, 2010 and 2011) on hiking trails in New York state, including Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and the Hudson River Valley.

They have also published five books in the National Parks Pocket Guide series (FalconGuides, 2008 and 2009), on Great Smoky Mountains, Acadia, Everglades, and Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, and Gulf Islands National Seashore. Two more guides on Cape Cod and Assateague Island National Seashores will be released as e-books.

Residents of Rochester, NY, Nic and Randi have explored and photographed New York State’s wildlife and natural resources for more than 30 years.

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Wildflowers of the Northern Rocky Mountains

This area includes 3 major National Parks (Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier/Waterton), plus a host of mountain ranges – from the Wasatch and Uintas of Northern Utah to the Canadian border.

Almost 100 beautiful species have been chosen to illustrate the enormous range of colors and forms that are to be found from the valleys up to almost 14,000 feet. Vivid color photographs are supplemented by text describing key features such as size, habitat and blooming period.

A companion guide to the Southern Rockies almost doubles the number of species, many of which are found in both regions.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-12-1

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William Gray

Bill Gray grew up in England and earned his doctorate in Molecular Biology from Cambridge University. He came to the US in 1964 for 1 year or maybe 2, fell in love with the mountains and deserts – and has been here ever since!

After retiring from the University of Utah he has traveled extensively in the Western States photographing plants in their native habitats. He leads many wildflower walks and has published an interactive CD guide to plants of the Central Wasatch Range of Utah. He is a Past President of the Utah Native Plant Society.

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Wildflowers of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

This area includes 3 major National Parks (Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier/Waterton), plus a host of mountain ranges – from the Wasatch and Uintas of Northern Utah to the Canadian border.

A companion guide to the Southern Rockies almost doubles the number of species, many of which are found in both regions.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-33-6

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William Gray

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Wildflowers of the Western Chesapeake

Wildflowers of the Western Chesapeake: Washington DC, Maryland & Virginia Packed with vivid color photographs, novice and expert wildflower enthusiasts alike can use this handy field guide to identify 103 common and rare wildflower species found in the region surrounding the western shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

The flowers in this guide are grouped by color to make identification as easy as possible, and the accompanying text indicates size, bloom period, and other characteristics of each plant. There is also special notation for plants that are Rare, Threatened, or Endangered.

The guide’s 12 panels fold to pocket-size yet with its waterproof lamination it’s sturdy enough to stand up to repeated use.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-92-3

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Richard Wiegand

Richard Wiegand has worked as an air traffic controller, a newspaper photographer, and, for the last twenty-five years, as a Regional Biologist for the Maryland Natural Heritage Program, charged with the task of locating, identifying, protecting and documenting rare, threatened and endangered species and habitats in the state.

A recognized authority on the flora of the mid-Atlantic, federal, state and local government agencies, as well as private and corporate clients, have contracted his services to provide biological resource inventories and environmental impact statements for places as disparate as the Presidential retreat at Camp David, Fort Detrick, the C&O Canal National Historical Park and the entirety of Shenandoah National Park.

Wiegand completed a two year photography curriculum in Miami, Florida and studied with Dr. Szell, a close student and companion of Ansel Adams for many years.

Richards’ images have appeared in over fifty publications, several books and numerous illustrated reports.

He has provided thousands of stock photos to, among others, the websites and archives of the Smithsonian Institution, the Philadelphia Academy of Science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy, the World Wildlife Fund and multiple State Natural Heritage Programs.

His work has been exhibited throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

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