Product Description

Grouped by color and by plant characteristics, 1,293 species in 84 families are described and illustrated. Included here are all the flowers you're most likely to encounter in the eastern and north-central U.S., westward to the Dakotas and southward to North Carolina and Arkansas, as well as the adjacent parts of Canada.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70088 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

About the Author
Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

Customer Reviews

great for quick identification
This book is great for quick identification; I take it hiking, it is light enough and small enough for me, it is divided by color, which is great, I don't mind that all the pictures are not in color; I have really enjoyed identifying so many different flowers, so easily, with their terrific descriptions and drawings. This is one of my favorite books; I use it all the time.

Comrehensive but difficult to use...
I found this book to be more comprehensive than the comparable Wildflower Guide from the Audubon Society. This book shows more complete drawings of the plant (not just the flowering portion). However, this book does not contain photographs and instead contains artistic representations (black and white line drawings with occassional colored drawings). Additionally, some plants are not catagorized under what I would say is the correct color section... i.e. Western Ironweed has *PURPLE* flowers, but is found in the *PINK* section. I find this book difficult to use for identifying an unknown species. It is most useful to me in identifying the variety when you have some idea of the species. When comparing this book against the one from the Audubon Society, I prefer this one simply because this book shows more of a complete image of the entire plant. This book has limited usefullness for me, but I'm giving it an average rating because I haven't found anything better yet.

Great help for class wildflower project
This book really helped my son with his wildflower project for science class.
Many of the other books we checked out of the library were too complicated for him (and I) to use and were not detailed enough.
It is organized by flower color which made it easier to get a correct identification. The only down side is that all of the flowers are not pictured in color...some of them are drawn in black and white within a color family.
However, I would recommend this book as it was easy for my 8th grade son to use on his own for the project.