Wildflowers of California: A Month-by-Month Guide

In this photograph-driven field guide to California’s spectacular wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell expertly provides several ways to find them in bloom: by month, by place, and by flower. The month-by-month descriptions―found in no other statewide guide―suggest what to see and where to go throughout the state during the blooming season. The author also supplies more than 300 locations arranged in 10 geographical regions, highlighting 67 of his favorite places with detailed driving and walking directions and difficulty, blooming times, and lists of predominant wildflowers as well as a featured flower. The guide contains more than 650 color photographs by the author, including 600 species arranged by flower, with natural history notes and places and months to find the flower in bloom. Throughout, experienced wildflower guide Blackwell shares his love of the beautiful places and flowers he has visited throughout California.

Science & Math

Blackwell, Laird

Biological Sciences

University of California Press

With 350 stunning color images and descriptive text, Laird Blackwell reveals the diversity and beauty of the Great Basin through its wildflowers. This book is a handy introduction to the region's plants for beginners and a fascinating study of the ecosystem that will appeal to experts.

Great Basin Wildflowers (Wildflower Series)

Adesanya, Anna

Falcon Guides

With gorgeous, full-color photography and simple, easy-to-use identifying descriptions, this is a guide to nearly 300 of the most common wildflowers of the Lake Tahoe region, organized by the month in which they are most likely to bloom. This book includes driving and hiking directions and tips on the best places to find displays of wildflowers throughout the year.

Tahoe Wildflowers (Wildflower Series)

In this pocket-sized book, the author combines his poetic appreciation for nature with superb photographs to produce a guide to more than 100 of Tahoe's most common wildflowers.

Wildflowers of the Tahoe Sierra (From Forest Deep to Mountain Peak)

Lone Pine International

A photographic guide to 200 wildflower species from the Central Valley near Sacramento, west up to the peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Each species has at least one photograph, a description and notes on its distribution, native and modern uses and similar species.

Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley

This guide to 130 wildflower species of Mount Rainier is beautifully photographed with clear, detailed descriptions and notes on common and scientific names, similar species and distribution. 300 color photographs and 7 maps enhance this guide to the magnificent wildflower meadows of Mt. Rainier National Park and adjacent protected public lands. No hiker in the Cascade Mountains should be without this slim and portable guide.

Wildflowers of Mount Rainier

A guide to the native and naturalized wildflower species and showy shrubs of the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, including parts of the Mojave Desert and Great Basin. The species are organized by elevation zone, flower color and petal number. Each of the 376 species accounts features a color header bar, close-up and habitat photographs, a full plant description, name origins, habitat, viewing locations and blooming season. Includes index of common and scientific names, glossary, and bibliography.

Wildflowers of the Eastern Sierra: and Adjoining Mojave Desert and Great Basin

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Wildflowers of California: A Month-by-Month Guide

Wildflowers of California: A Month-by-Month Guide

Great Basin Wildflowers (Wildflower Series)

Tahoe Wildflowers (Wildflower Series)

Wildflowers of the Tahoe Sierra (From Forest Deep to Mountain Peak)

Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley

Wildflowers of Mount Rainier

Wildflowers of the Eastern Sierra: and Adjoining Mojave Desert and Great Basin