Wildflowers of Southern California

Description

Author:  George Miller
Publisher: Adventure Publications (2017)
Spiral Bound Tabbed Booklet: 26 pages

At the cabin, in the park, or on a hike, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Featuring only wildflowers of Southern California, the booklet is organized by color for quick and easy identification. Narrow your choices by color, and view just a few wildflowers at a time. The easy-to-use format and detailed photographs, with key markings of 165 species, help to ensure positive ID for even casual observers. The pocket-sized format is much easier to use than laminated foldouts, and the tear-resistant pages help to make the book durable in the field.

This Adventure Quick Guide features 165 of the most common wildflowers you’ll see from San Diego north to San Luis Obispo and eastward through California. Whether you’re traipsing thought foothills, walking inland valley, hiking amid the mountains and their fog-drenched slopes and snow-capped peaks, or admiring the harsh beauty of the desert, this guide has you covered in Southern California.

In all, there are 6 (or more) major vegetative provinces in Southern California, each with a unique community or plants that has adapted to its specific soil and climatic conditions. This variety of habitats harbors one or the greater diversities of wildflowers in North American, and they are well-represented in this book.

About the Author: Longtime botanist and nature photographer George Miller has explored the West for 30 years and has been published in books, magazines, and newspapers. He’s written 6 guidebooks plants and animals of the Southwest, including the best-sellers  Landscaping with Native Plants of Sourthen California and A Quick Guide to Wildflowers or Colorado and Southern Wyoming as well as 5 smartphone wildflower guides. He is a member of the California Native Plant Society.