Instant Guide to Wildflowers (Instant Guides (Random House))
by By Forey, Pamela
Category: Nature , Plants , General

An Instant Guide to Wildflowers is an ideal compact  identification guide to wildflowers commonly seen around the cities, roadsides, woods, and open areas of North America.      This user-friendly guide assumes no previous knowledge:  an easy-to-follow system of color-coded bands (denoting color of flower) and symbols (giving typical location) leads quickly to the correct section of the book.  Detailed, full-color illustrations of flowers, leaves, and shape of plant, plus a distribution map and concise informative text, allow you to identify positively the most familiar species of North America.