Field Guides and Other Books on My Bookshelves
New Pronouncing Dictionary of Plant Names. Florists’ Publishing Co. Bell, C. Ritchie, and Bryan J. Taylor. Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants. Laurel Hill Press. Blomquist, H. L., and H. J. Oosting. A Guide to the Spring and Early Summer Flora of the Piedmont, North Carolina, 6th ed. Blomquist and Oosting. Brown, Paul Martin. Wild Orchids of Florida: With References to […]
Wildflowers of the Eastern United States
Many years ago, I bought my first plant photo identification book, Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States by Wilbur Duncan and Duncan Foote. Now tattered and worn, I have carried it far and wide through the eastern United States and have used it extensively along with the numerous other guides that I have acquired over the years. […]
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry and Lower Pee Dee
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry and Lower Pee Dee by Richard Porcher is a beautiful account of 437 native plant species represented by 466 photos of species and habitat that are found throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry and the Lower Pee Dee—almost one-third of the state’s fifteen counties. Many of the represented plant species are threatened […]
Wildflowers of Tennessee
In his book Wildflowers of Tennessee, author Jack B. Carman describes over 1100 of the 2800 species of wildflowers from Tennessee as well as actually covering many more that are found in the surrounding states. He divides Tennessee into nine areas from the coastal plain to the Blue Ridge mountains. Plants are arranged in phylogenetic order […]
Wildflowers of Georgia
Having made my first trek to the mountains of Georgia in the springtime of 2000, I understood why the authors enjoyed the eight years that they photographed Georgia’s splendid wildflowers. They divide the coverage of this large-format volume into four regions of the state from the coastal plain to the Blue Ridge mountains. Within each […]
The Wild Orchids of North America
The Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico by Paul Martin Brown encompasses some 239 illustrated species and 49 subspecies of orchids that are found in North America north of Mexico. This flex-cover volume is a complement to Brown’s Wild Orchids of Florida (Brown, 2002). Although Brown does not include descriptions for each species, he does provide […]