Flora of Mount Rainier National Park
The first new guide to the flora of Mount Rainier National Park in over sixty years, this volume provides a comprehensive listing of the 871 species of plants found in the Park. The book features keys, line drawings, and descriptions for identification, as well as a guide to plant locations and a section of color photographs. It also includes information on the Park's natural history and sections on botanical exploration, rare plants, and the ecological impact of the Park's two million annual...
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The first new guide to the flora of Mount Rainier National Park in over sixty years, this volume provides a comprehensive listing of the 871 species of plants found in the Park. The book features keys, line drawings, and descriptions for identification, as well as a guide to plant locations and a section of color photographs. It also includes information on the Park's natural history and sections on botanical exploration, rare plants, and the ecological impact of the Park's two million annual visitors." "This authoritative treatment of the Park's flora offers a complete reference and field guide for visitors and will prove invaluable to professional and amateur students of Northwest flora. Booknews Provides a virtually complete listing of the 871 native and introduced species of plants found in the Park, with keys designed specifically for Mount Rainier National Park, line drawings, minimally technical descriptions for identification, a guide to plant locations, a glossary, and a section of 64 color photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1About the Park6Forest and Plant Communities9Plant Geography and Distribution18Weeds in the Park21Rare Plants in the Park22Early Botanical Explorations24Recent Studies of the Park Flora and Ecology25Key to the Major Groups of Vascular Plants at Mount Rainier National Park27Ferns and Fern Allies27Gymnosperms - Conifers55Angiosperms - Dicotyledonous Plants (Dicots)67Monocotyledonous Plants (Monocots)368Appendix466Plants Added to the Flora of Mount Rainier National Park466Doubtful and Excluded Species469Afterword476Glossary477Bibliography481Index486
\ BooknewsProvides a virtually complete listing of the 871 native and introduced species of plants found in the Park, with keys designed specifically for Mount Rainier National Park, line drawings, minimally technical descriptions for identification, a guide to plant locations, a glossary, and a section of 64 color photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
