page_title: Bibliography of the Sierra Nevada
section_title: Flora/Vegetation
hierarchical_section_title: Bibliography of the Sierra Nevada / Natural history / Flora/Vegetation
caption_attribution_description: English: Pinus balfouriana var. austrina, old tree, Kings Canyon National Park, California 36°37'27"N 118°23'03"W, 3455m altitude
context_page_description: The following is a bibliography of the Sierra Nevada of California, United States, including books on recreation, natural history, and human history.
context_section_description: Introduction to California Plant Life, Revised Edition, by Robert Ornduff, Phyllis Faber, Todd Keeler-Wolf, ISBN 0-520-23704-8, 2003.
  Wildflowers of the Eastern Sierra and adjoining Mojave Desert and Great Basin, by Laird R. Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-55105-281-6, 2002.
  Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: A Photographic Interpretation of Ecological Change Since 1849, by George E. Gruell, ISBN 0-87842-446-6, 2001.
  Conifers of California, by Ronald M. Lanner, ISBN 0-9628505-3-5, 1999.
  Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley, by Laird R. Blackwell, ISBN 1-55105-226-1, 1998.
  Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, by Elizabeth L. Horn, ISBN 0-87842-388-5, 1998.
  California Forests and Woodlands: A Natural History, by Verna R. Johnston, Carla J. Simmons (Illustrator), ISBN 0-520-20248-1, 1996.
  A Sierra Nevada Flora, by Norman L Weeden and Amy David, ISBN 0-89997-204-7, 1996.
  Manual of California Vegetation, by Todd Keeler-Wolf and John Sawyer, ISBN 0-943460-26-3, 1995.
  The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California by James C Hickman, ISBN 0-520-08255-9, 1993.
  Oaks of California, by Bruce M. Pavlik, Sharon Johnson, Pamela Muick, Marjorie Popper, ISBN 0-9628505-1-9, 1990.
  Lingering in Tahoe's Wild Gardens: A Guide to Hundreds of the Most Beautiful Wildflower Gardens of the Tahoe Region, by Julie Carville, ISBN 0-9622378-6-8, 1989.
  Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs, by Howard E McMinn, ISBN 0-520-00847-2, 1980.
  Native Trees of the Sierra Nevada, by P. VIctor Peterson, ISBN 0-520-02736-1, 1975.
  Grasses in California, by Beecher Crampton, ISBN 0-520-02507-5, 1974.
  Native Shrubs of the Sierra Nevada, by John H Thomas, ISBN 0-520-02738-8, 1974.
  Discovering Sierra Trees, by Steven Arno, ISBN 0-939666-04-9, 1973.
caption: A foxtail pine in Sequoia National Park
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