Key to identifying trees of the Pacific Coast region by their leaves and needles. Includes native trees and some commonly introduced or widely naturalized non-natives. Describes habitats and life zones where trees grow, including the foggy coastal forests, California oakwoods, the mixed-evergreen forest of the coast ranges, and the mixed confier forests, mountain fir forest, sub-alpine zone, and dry eastern slopes of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada.
Measurements given in both cm and inches, with a handy ruler on the back cover. Scientific names conform to Jepson.
This book covers the Pacific Coast region from Baja California to British Columbia, and from the coast to the western slopes of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada. Farther east, across the Great Basin and Rockies, use the Rocky Mountain Tree Finder.
Measurements given in both cm and inches, with a handy ruler on the back cover. Scientific names conform to Jepson.
This book covers the Pacific Coast region from Baja California to British Columbia, and from the coast to the western slopes of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada. Farther east, across the Great Basin and Rockies, use the Rocky Mountain Tree Finder.
The book to take tidepooling. Field guide to the plants and animals that live in tide pools and on rocky reefs along the Pacific Coast, from Alaska to Baja California. Describes intertidal ecology, intertidal zones, and the survival strategies of the fascinating creatures that live there, such as limpets, abalones, sea slugs, anemones, sea urchins, crabs, algae, and sea stars (starfish). Illustrated with line drawings.
Guide to identifying mammals of the Pacific Coast states, whether you've seen the animal itself, or come across tracks, droppings, or other clues it has left behind. Includes tracks and prints, skulls, dental formulas (useful if you find a jawbone or skull) a chart of animal silhouettes, scat (droppings), and a key to other signs, such as chew marks, burrows and dens. Illustrated with detailed line drawings. Includes range maps and a bibliography. Covers California, Oregon, and Washington state. Save on copies of this book with an old cover--see our Bargain Bin.
Dichotomous key identifies wildflowers that grow within the range of the Redwood tree, Sequoia sempervirens, the coastal fog belt along the Pacific Coast from central California to southwest Oregon. Includes flowers of the shady forest, forest edges, and open, sunny areas. Illustrated with line drawings that clearly show important features of plant structure for accurate identification.
Field guide, organized as a dichotomous key, to native ferns and fern relatives, including clubmosses, spikemosses, quillworts and horsetails. Covers California, Western Oregon and Washington, and Southwestern BC. Explains parts of the fern, and fern life cycles. Illustrated with line drawings.
Dichotomous key identifies plants with fleshy fruits (pomes, drupes, aggregates, accessory fruits, or true berries in botanical language). Includes the familiar plants that we think of as berries, like Raspberry or Wild Grape, but also many other plants with fleshy fruit, such as Ceanothus, Junipers, Prickly Pear, and Yucca. (Many of the plants identified have fruit that is known or suspected to be poisonous. This is not a guide to edible plants.) Covers California, Oregon and Washington, and would also be useful in BC, although the range maps stop at the border. Includes all native genera and some naturalized ornamentals.
An introduction to common species of California, Oregon, and Washington, and how they live, organized by the habitats where the birds are most likely to be seen. Illustrated with line drawings.
To learn more about birding, check out Dr. Lederer's web site.
To learn more about birding, check out Dr. Lederer's web site.
Pacific Coast Fish: A Guide to Marine Fish of the Pacific Coast of North America
by Ron Russo, illustrated by Ann Caudle
ISBN-13 978-0-912550-19-0 112 pages $5.75 out of print* (but see below)
by Ron Russo, illustrated by Ann Caudle
ISBN-13 978-0-912550-19-0 112 pages $5.75 out of print* (but see below)
Compact guide to marine fish. Put it in your tackle box to identify what you catch, or learn about the biology of fish, the marine food chain, and distribution of fish species. Detailed black-and-white illustrations of the fish, plus egg cases of sharks and skates, and shark teeth. Covers the waters off the Pacific Coast, from the Bering Straits to Cabo San Lucas (the southern tip of Baja California.)
*Title is out of print, but we have a limited supply of copies with a cosmetic flaw--white speckles where covers stuck together because of a coating problem. Of course they're perfectly useable. $4.75 each while supplies last. Buy It
*Title is out of print, but we have a limited supply of copies with a cosmetic flaw--white speckles where covers stuck together because of a coating problem. Of course they're perfectly useable. $4.75 each while supplies last. Buy It
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Pacific Coast Finders set: One copy each of the seven Finders books listed above, plus Constellation Finder: $40.60 if purchased separately; $34.65 for the set. Buy It
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Pacific Coast Finders set: One copy each of the seven Finders books listed above, plus Constellation Finder: $40.60 if purchased separately; $34.65 for the set. Buy It
Pacific Coast favorites set: One each of our most popular Finders books for the region: Pacific Coast Tree Finder, Pacific Coast Bird Finder, Pacific Intertidal Life, and Pacific Coast Mammals, $20.60 if purchased separately. $17.80 for the set. Buy It
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Finders books for the Pacific Coast Region