Wildflowers of North America: A Guide to Field Identification (The Golden field guide series)

By Frank D. Venning

Book Overview

Over 1,500 common species of wildflowers are described in this easy-to-use, illustrated identification guide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307136647
• ISBN13: 9780307136640
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Golden Books Pub Co (Adult)
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 4.8" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

A lot of info in a small package

Price and size are what makes this guide so great. It provides a good overview of the wildflowers of North America in a very portable format. The small size, however, means that the illustrations are not as large or detailed as we would prefer. It also limits the amount of specific information that can be included. We recently relocated to the Pacific Northwest and have found region-specific books (particularly from Lone Pine Publishers) to be superb. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, I recommend three books published by Hancock House, one of which is titled "Northwest Coastal Wildflowers." We use this color-coded guide far more than the Golden Field Guide simply because it is specific to our local ecosystem. We have identified every flower found using the Hancock guide. That said, I recommend this as a great resource at a very good price.