This best-selling field guide - with over 175,000 copies sold to date - features 794 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatics, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the coast from Oregon to Alaska. Color photographs and line drawings help you identify and learn about the fascinating plants of the Pacific Northwest coast. Engaging notes on each species describe aboriginal and other local uses of plants for food, medicine and implements, along with the unique characteristics of each plant and name origins. 1100 color photographs, 600 line drawings, 794 maps.
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I bought this book for my High School Biology class, where we were doing a project on the native plants of the Pacific Northwest. My instructor had four of these, and he reccomended that we each go to the Mount St. Helen's Visitor's Center and buy a copy. Boy, will I never regret it!!! We had to pick at least 80 plant samples, give the common name, species name, descriptors and other information about the plant. With this book, the whole project was a breeze. I got an easy "A" on the project, but I am sure I couldn't have done it without this book.
I will never regret buying "Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast." Wonderful resource.
SAD NOTE: This book was so good that, sadly, our instructor had three of them stolen from him.
By jillatoz
Format:Paperback
We are on our second copy of this book because one of my husband's friends loved ours so much that we gave it to him! This book is arranged to make it easy to find any plant or tree you come across. You can teach yourself to identify trees by their bark, cones, leaves (or needles). This is a very impressive skill to have!
By magellan
Format:Paperback
I have almost 100 different plant identification guides alone; some quite specialized (such as the ones I have on lichens, mycology, or marine algae), and others more general, and this is probably the best general guide organized by region that I have. I like it even better than the Audubon Society Pacific Coast guide, or their Forests, Western Region, Guide, which are also useful books, but as they cover both animals and plants, of course the coverage can't be as complete on the plants as this book is.
The nature photography in these books just gets better over the years, and this book is no exception. The photos are truly excellent, and the identification notes in books like these have also improved substantially over the years. This book is no exception. I was formally trained in botany and plant taxonomy for a while, almost completing a master's degree in the subject once, and I feel I know a good plant guide when I see it, and this is a fine book.
Unless you want to get into truly professional-level plant taxonomies, which would usually require separate books on trees, flowers, lichens, etc., not to mention the greater technical knowlege required, I think this is the best overall identification guide around. It can't cover everything, of course, but it covers the most important and most common species. Overall, this is a quality guide and a great book to take with you on trips, hikes, outings, or whatever.
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I thank Mr. Brugman (Toutle, WA) too!
This book is awesome. I learned to love Biology from Mr. Brugman at Toutle Lake High School with Mr. Brugman and his required plant collection. Read more
Published on July 5 2004 by Robin E Hamm
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If you're looking for a book like this, this is the one
This is the best of the books of this genre that I've seen. Well organized, great pictures, great explanations and descriptions, often interesting additional comments, and... Read more
Published on Dec 11 2002 by M. P. Daniels
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Useful for all!
This is a useful guide for all from beginners to novices in plant identification. It is easy to use and provides helpful and interesting information on various Northwest plants.
Published on Oct 30 2002 by cottonwoodjack
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Includes how Northwest Indian tribes used each plant.
Names native tribes of the Northwest and describes how they used each plant, and presents most entries with either color photographs or drawings, covering everything from large... Read more
Published on Aug 30 2001 by Mark Hinderliter
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Highly Useful
I bought this book to assist with a habitat assessment for a stream monitoring class. Consequently, I have used it often to identify the local flora in my area. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2001 by RYAN GAGE
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very good, very specific
This is an extremely good field guide for the Olympic Peninsula, the Puget lowlands, and the wet (west) side of the central and N cascades in Washington. Read more
Published on April 3 2001 by Kevin M. Geraghty
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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast is outstanding!
This is one book that travels with us wherever we drive; it is filled with bookmarks & scribbled observations whenever we've seen something new to add to Messrs. Read more
Published on May 21 2000 by Rebecca Brown
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Very easy to use
I wanted a guide to help me identify all the flora on my property after moving here from the Midwest. But I have found it to be a great thing to have along while hiking, too. Read more
Published on April 16 2000
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Awesome updated version of Plants&Animals of Pac. NW!
I first saw this in my local library. We have '78 Plants & Animals Of The Pacific Northwest, but I was still hungry for more info on native plants of this area. Read more
Published on Dec 12 1999 by Amy Flink
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The best field guide of the northwest
I have about thirty field guides on geology, fungi, plants, and wildlife generally focusing on the Northwest. Read more
Published on Dec 12 1999 by Darren Nienaber
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