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Thank you Mr. Brugman!!!,
By Robert G. Aldrich (Castle Rock, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska (Paperback)
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.
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Excellent book for beginner or serious biologist,
By jillatoz "jillatoz" (Troutdale, OR USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska (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!
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This review is from: Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska (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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