Wildflowers of the Santa Monica Mountains

Milt McAuley has brought together in this book all you might want to know about the wildflowers of this mountain range. It is a readable approach to plant identification in the wild for the beginner or the professional botanist. The full color photographs are separated by color so that identification is easeier. Many plants are also illustrated, making characteristic features readily apparent. The photographs are captioned with page numbers that refer to the writen description. The idenx crossrefeences both common and technical names, list plate number of the photograph, and page number of the plant description. An illustrated glossary of terms clarifies meanings for a beginnig botanist.