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Finders Books for the Rocky Mountain Region
Pocket field guide to wildflowers of the Rockies, from foothills to tree line. As with all our flower guides, the step-by-step key guides you first to the flower family and then to the name of the individual species. Includes information about habitat and range, and a glossary of terms used to describe flowers and leaves. Author's line drawings clearly reveal important features for accurate identification.
Key to identifying native trees by their leaves and needles across the Mountain West. Covers the east slope of the Sierra and Cascades, across the Great Basin and the Rockies to the Black Hills; from the Canadian Rockies south to the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico.
From the short, rugged juniper and pinyon of hot, dry hillsides, to stately ponderosa groves and dense Douglas-fir forests, to the narrow spires of fir and spruce in the subalpine zone, trees are part of the dramatic beauty and variety of this region. Learn to identify them with this pocket key. Includes description of life zones in the Rockies and line drawings of leaves and needles. New in this edition: Names updated, metric measurements added, range maps extended to include Canada.
From the short, rugged juniper and pinyon of hot, dry hillsides, to stately ponderosa groves and dense Douglas-fir forests, to the narrow spires of fir and spruce in the subalpine zone, trees are part of the dramatic beauty and variety of this region. Learn to identify them with this pocket key. Includes description of life zones in the Rockies and line drawings of leaves and needles. New in this edition: Names updated, metric measurements added, range maps extended to include Canada.
Guide to wild mammals of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Includes keys to footprints, droppings, skulls and jaws (with dental formulas), and a key to burrows, nests, and scratch and chew marks. For every species, there are drawings of its skull, tracks, scat, range, and the animal itself, and information about life cycle and behavior.
Desert Tree Finder:
A Pocket Manual for Identifying Desert Trees
by May Theilgaard Watts and Tom Watts
ISBN-13 978-0-912550-07-7 64 pages
Note: This title is out of stock indefinitely. We do have a limited supply of copies that have scuffed or worn covers (the interiors are clean), and will use them to fill your order while supplies last. $4.95 each. Buy it
A Pocket Manual for Identifying Desert Trees
by May Theilgaard Watts and Tom Watts
ISBN-13 978-0-912550-07-7 64 pages
Note: This title is out of stock indefinitely. We do have a limited supply of copies that have scuffed or worn covers (the interiors are clean), and will use them to fill your order while supplies last. $4.95 each. Buy it
Key-style field guide to trees of the deserts and dry desert hills of of California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Learn to identify native, and some widely introduced non-native, desert trees that grow where there is too little water to support pine trees. At higher elevations, use Rocky Mountain Tree Finder (or, in California, Pacific Coast Tree Finder.)
Also consider: Clear mountain nights are great for stargazing. Have fun learning the constellations and star stories from around the world with Constellation Finder by Dorcas S. Miller.
Also consider: Clear mountain nights are great for stargazing. Have fun learning the constellations and star stories from around the world with Constellation Finder by Dorcas S. Miller.
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Save on Rocky Mountain Finders Set:
One copy each of books described above (Rocky Mountain Flower Finder, Rocky Mountain Tree Finder, and Mountain State Mammals ($17.45 if purchased separatelY) $14.95 for the set. Buy it
One copy each of books described above (Rocky Mountain Flower Finder, Rocky Mountain Tree Finder, and Mountain State Mammals ($17.45 if purchased separatelY) $14.95 for the set. Buy it
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