Description:
This long-awaited successor to the bestselling Plants of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest features over 700 trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns, horsetails and lycopods of the north Pacific coast of North America.
Brief description:
Jim Pojar is a botanist, senior ecologist, and forester who has worked for the BC Ecological Reserves Program, the BC Forest Service, and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-Yukon. He is the author or co-author of eight books, including Alpine Plants of British Columbia, Alberta and Northwest North America.
Review Quotes:
"I am an outdoor person living on an island in the Salish Sea and I found this book fascinating. I love all the photos and the maps identifying the places where each plant is found. There is a useful key at the beginning of each section to help find the appropriate plant description. There are great leaf structure diagrams too. Included in descriptions are warnings for poisonous plants as well as how to distinguish the particular plant from similar looking ones... This is a very useful book for anyone who spends time outdoors in the Pacific Northwest coastal areas. You'll be introduced to vegetation from coastline to forest, from trees to common weeds."--Joan Nienhuis, Book Woman Joan