Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska

by Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon

Book Overview

This easy-to-use field guide features 794 species of plants commonly found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska, including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551050404
• ISBN13: 9781551050409
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Includes how Northwest Indian tribes used each plant.

Names native tribes of the Northwest and describes how they used each plant, and presents most entries with either color photographs or drawings, covering everything from large trees down to grasses, sedges, lichens and mosses. The habitat and geographic subregion of each species is given.

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast is outstanding!

This is one book that travels with us wherever we drive; it is filled with bookmarks & scribbled observations whenever we've seen something new to add to Messrs. Pojar & MacKinnon's awesome efforts. Naturally they alone did not compile this book & it is an impressive & accurate effort of a large collection of dedicated people.An easy-to-use field guide featuring close to 800 species of flora commonly found from Oregon to Alaska, including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatics, grasses, ferns, mosses & lichens. From shoreline to alpine, including the Olympics & the western Cascades. The perfect gift for anyone who wanders the land!..............

Very easy to use

I wanted a guide to help me identify all the flora on my property after moving here from the Midwest. But I have found it to be a great thing to have along while hiking, too. The historical and cultural tidbits are a very nice touch.

The best field guide of the northwest

I have about thirty field guides on geology, fungi, plants, and wildlife generally focusing on the Northwest. I consider this to be best field guide of all - the standard by which other field guides should be measured. It is fairly comprehensive. It is concise and user-friendly. The color photographs are generally guide good. It even has occasional bits of interesting trivia to help you get familiar with the plant in question. I have heard from a biology student that there were a couple minor inaccuracies in the taxonomic classification, but unless you are a professional whose career depends on total precision, this book is your best bet. Buy it and get out and get to know your land a little better. Have fun but stay on the trails!