Wondering about Wildflowers?
A Wildflower Guide for the Northern Rocky Mountains
by Sharon Huff
and Dr. Stephen L. Love
and Sharron Akers
published by Sharon Phillips Huff
produced by Sweetgrass Books
- This field guide enables amateurs to identify plants in the Northern Rocky Mountains especially those in Idaho and Montana, including the Lolo Trail, and four parks: Craters of the Moon National Monument, and Glacier, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone National Parks.
304 pages, 8.5 X 11, 1 color photos, index, glossary, 12 softcovers per case, Paperback
softcover
ISBN 10: 1591522196
ISBN 13: 9781591522195
$29.95
RELEASE DATE
05/15/2018
- Over 1,000 color photographs of 490 different plants, arranged by color.
Plant characteristics in ordinary language, not technical jargon.
Descriptive text includes blooming period and other important details.
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Sharon Huff earned her master's degree from Arizona State University and taught English to high school students. She and her husband live in Phoenix but spend summers in Mackay, Idaho, her old hometown. As a hobby, she photographs wildflowers in Montana and Idaho, especially those in Blaine, Butte, and Custer Counties |
| Dr. Stephen L. Love is an amateur botanist and extension horticulturist for the University of Idaho. He earned his bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University and Ph.D at Clemson University. Dr. Love develops native plant products for use in water-conserving landscapes and has collected over 1,200 species of Intermountain native wildflowers and shrubs. | |
| Sharron Akers earned her Master's in World Missions, a Doctorate in Ministry, and is an author. Her love of wildflowers was influenced by her father who, every spring as a child, would take her up on their cattle range under Mt. Borah and show her the breathtakingly beautiful purple, yellow, red or white flower-blooming foothills as one will see illustrated in this book. |