Alpine Flower Finder: Identifying Wildflowers Above the Rocky Mountain Treeline (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780912550589)

Identify wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains--above the treeline--with this pocket-size guide.

You can appreciate and enjoy nature's beautiful wildflowers! If you're curious about the flowers that you encounter in the mountains, then Alpine Flower Finder by Janet L. Wingate, Ph.D., and Loraine Yeatts is exactly what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify wildflowers above the treeline in the Rocky Mountains.

The booklet provides a dichotomous key to identifying the most common and showy wildflowers. Just answer a series of simple questions about the color, shape, and appearance of the plant. Along the way, Janet's professional illustrations help to guide you to a positive identification.

Book Features:

• Step-by-step guide to identifying wildflowers


• More than 350 species


• Professional line illustrations with key markings for identification


• Small format that fits into a pocket or pack

This guide is applicable to the mountain regions of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as southern Alberta, Canada.