A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States

Jeffrey Glassberg Field Guide Series

by Steven Clemants and Carol Gracie

 

Because it is so comprehensive, with over 1,400 species listed and photographed, this may be the best wildflower field guide to take along on your next ramble. Compiled by Steven Clemants of Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Carol Gracie, our colleague here at The New York Botanical Garden, this easy to use guide covers native and naturalized flora of the northeastern United States, with concise descriptions, a good basic key, unique range maps, and all those color photographs, every one of which seems to bring out the most salient features of the captioned subject. This is more than just a handbook; it is also a celebration of the rich diversity of the plant life in this region, as well as a tacit call to arms for its conservation, as we ever more needlessly and unconscionably destroy the habitat of the rich but fragile world of plants so beautifully depicted in this important book.

 

"Will be widely appreciated by amateurs and professionals alike." —Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden