Plants of Coastal British Columbia
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Book Description
This best-selling field guide features 794 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatics, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the Pacific coast. Colour photographs and line drawings help identify and learn about the fascinating plants of the B.C. coastline. Engaging notes on each species describe aboriginal and other local uses of plants for food, medicine and implements, along with the unique characteristics of each plant and name origins. 1100 colour photographs, 600 line drawings, 794 maps.
About the Author
DR. JIM POJAR is executive director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Yukon chapter. He spent 25 years as an internationally respected forest ecology research scientist with the B.C. Forest Service. He is the author of numerous books and scientific papers related to the boreal forest, aspen parklands and coastal ecosystems. ANDY MACKINNON is a respected biologist who serves as a technical advisor on old growth forest research to the B.C. Ministry of Forests. MacKinnon, also a registered professional forester, is adjunct professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University. He is the author of six Lone Pine books on the plants of Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
Plants of Coastal British Columbia,Jim Pojar,Andy MacKinnon,Lone Pine Publishing,1551050420,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Plants - General,Botany & plant sciences,British Columbia
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