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A Field Guide to Pacific States Wildflowers: Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent areas (Peterson Field Guides(R))

Here are descriptions and illustrations of 1,492 species from 77 families - virtually all of the wildflowers found from British Columbia to Baja California, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

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Grouped by color, each species description includes field marks, size, habitat, range, flowering season, and common and scientific names..

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Author: Theodore F. Niehaus

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Date: Jan. 15, 1998

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