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Zusatztext “ Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure. . . . this detailed guide draws you in closer to really look at! and identify! our wildly diverse flora.” — The Seattle Times “A treasure. . . . This detailed guide draws you in closer to really look at! and identify! our wildly diverse flora.” — Pacific Northwest Magazine “A must-have resource.” — Washington Trails “With its wide geographic scope! including parts of Canada and California! it is a single comprehensive volume to pack along when traveling throughout the Pacific Northwest. . . . After owning this book for only a few weeks! I’ve already broken in the binding! having read up on shrubs that are in bloom along the Wenatchee River. I can tell that my book will be a bit dog-eared before the snow flies!” — Wenatchee World Informationen zum Autor Mark Turner is a professional photographer who has been photographing gardens and native plant environments in the Pacific Northwest for over 25 years. He brings a strong sense of photographic design, attention to detail, and curiosity about both native and garden plants to his work. Ellen Kuhlmann is a professional botanist with extensive experience with Northwest flora. She has a background in fire ecology, rare plant research, and plant community ecology. She worked for the U.S. Forest Service for many years, and for six years was the project manager for Seeds of Success, Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation (Rare Care), a program sponsored by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Ellen lives in Bellingham, WA. Klappentext Includes photographs and descriptions of 568 species of woody plants Covers southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California, including the Olympic, Siskiyou, Steens, Wallowa, and Wenatchee mountains The only regional field guide to describe and illustrate trees and shrubs of all sizes Introductory chapters discuss the ecoregions, habitats, and microhabitats of the Pacific Northwest Each entry includes the plant's family and scientific and common name(s), photograph(s), range map, flowering season, size, and habitat User-friendly organization by leaf type Vorwort As a part of the Timber Press Field Guide book series, Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest is the must-have book for accurate identification of regional flora. Preface Anyone who has spent time outdoors in the Pacific Northwest has likely marveled at a giant old-growth Douglas-fir and cursed a thicket of devil’s club. Alpine explorers may have been surprised to stumble upon dwarf willows no taller than the toe of their boot. Trees and shrubs are almost everywhere in the Northwest. Maybe we take them for granted. We know that we once did, lumping understory shrubs into one homogenous “boring shrub layer” while searching for wildflowers or barreling up a trail in pursuit of an alpine summit. But the reality is that there is a great deal of diversity among our trees and shrubs, thanks in large part to the wide range of growing conditions in the Northwest. A few species, like Douglas-fir, western serviceberry, chokecherry, and common snowberry, are found in almost every county or regional district. Others, like our two rockmats, are very narrow endemics found in only a few places. The Klamath-Siskiyou Range is home to more conifer species than almost any other similar-size chunk of geography in the world. When we began the journey that resulted in this book, we knew there were a lot of trees and shrubs to cover. Some—particularly those of the North Cascades, where we live—were familiar friends to revisit on each hike. Others, like the willows, had a vague familiarity but were often passed over because they were challenging to learn. Neither of us started on this book knowin...
