Summary
Admired by plant enthusiasts, botanists, and nature lovers of all ages, wildflowers comprise one of the most beloved - and diverse - groupings of flora in South Carolina. Although relatively small in size, the Palmetto State hosts a remarkable variety of wildflower species, from the trillium and bloodroot that brighten its forests to heliotrope and common toadflax that dot the state's...
This guide describes 590 species, with detailed information on flowering season, related species, range, and habitat. More than 100 plant drawings supplement these descriptions, and more than 200 colour photographs show flowers as they appear in the field.
In one easy-to-carry volume, this comprehensive field guide includes plants and wildlife it would otherwise take ten field guides to cover - all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forest communities of the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. With 53 colour plates and more than 80 colour photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles and amphibians...
"The Peterson Identification System," describes Roger Tory Peterson's unique system that shows exactly what features to look for to tell one species from another.
Here are descriptions and illustrations of 1,492 species from 77 families - virtually all of the wildflowers found from British Columbia to Baja California, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Grouped by colour...
This groundbreaking Companion offers readers an opportunity to reassess key themes in contemporary tourism studies in the light of recent theoretical developments in tourism studies and the social sciences, as well as dramatic changes in the operating environment for tourism.
...Described as the definitive guide to Colorado 14ers, although there are newer books available, this one is a favourite for many people. That said, it is advanced and is also considered useful to read after attempting the route. It forms a useful reference book with maps and directions for the best way to do any of the Fourteeners. Good maps show physically what will be encountered. The book...
"In North America there is one large animal that belongs almost entirely to the realm of towering rock and unmelting snow. Pressing hard against the upper limit of life's possibilities, it exists higher and steeper throughout the year than any other big beast on the continent. It is possibly the best and...
An indispensable resource for hiking, skiing, paddling, and climbing the backcountry of Southcentral Alaska. All trips are completely updated with seven new, comprehensive trips, and 18 new side trips. The most current information on newly available maps and new trip summary tables for easy trip planning. From woodland and tundra hikes to float trips and winter excursions, there are actually...
Thirty seven hikes are described in the Colombia River Basin, Colville National Park, around Spokane/Coeur d'Arlene, Lolo National Forest and Idaho Panhandle National Forests.
Washington backcountry skiers know the name Rainer Burgdorfer. The Northwest's backcountry skiing guru and author of the popular but long out-of-print Backcountry Skiing in Washington's Cascades, has created this entirely new guidebook to include the best, most challenging descents in Washington.
With more than 100 routes and tours for intermediate to advanced alpine and Nordic skiers...
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