Wildflowers of California

by Larry Ulrich

Book Overview

The photographer of this book explores a wide spectrum of native flora in bloom across California. Yet loss of habitat from development and competition from non-native species threaten the state's native plant life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944197337
• ISBN13: 9780944197332
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Companion Press (Santa Barbara, CA)
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.5" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

A beautiful and inspiring book. I appreciate that the author provides shoot date and location for each picture - very thoughtful!

Very cool and creative media/packaging - Excellent photography

Wildflowers Of California: Twenty Postcards is well done! Very cool and creative media/packaging - a book of removable postcards. Makes a great souvenir or gift or table book as well. We sell this in the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History gift shop and it is very popular - visitors always thumb through it and remark that they really like it. Excellent photography and related science notes by Larry Ulrich and Susan Lamb goes beyond the usual. Price point is popular. Recommended!

fabulous book

I bought 2 of these for gifts and 1 for myself. The drawings and photos in field guides are always too small. The pictures of flowers in this book leave no doubt about what your're looking at. Non-native (alien) species are identified. Even pine cones and insects are identified. The introduction about habitats, pollinators, soils, climate,etc. is well written. There is a discussion about cameras, lenses and film used. This is not a comprehnsive field guide, but it will help most amateur naturalists identify many common plants. I love this book and hope the authors continue their wonderful work. Last, but perhaps most importantly, this book is incredibly afforable.

"Gardens in the wild!"

This is a book to cherish. Larry Ulrich's large format photography brings us into a world of beauty. From the grand views to the tiny details, everything is perfection. All flowers were taken in their setting and at their best. I have the 1994 edition. Printing is one of the sharpest I have seen and colors are sumptuous.

incredible detail, texture and composition - the best.

Picture books are great. This one is the best. For detail, color, clarity, texture, composition -- every photo is a prize winner. 5 stars!