Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics* More than 700 color illustrations for easy identification * Expanded with new sections on mushrooms, insects, and rock identification * Handy color tabs for easy access, and quick reference index on back cover Don't just call it a mushroom when it's a golden chanterelle; know your screech owl from your saw-whet owl; distinguish a monarch butterfly from a painted lady -- all with the help of this comprehensive guide to the common plants and animals of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains. The species accounts have been updated with the latest taxonomic changes and, as before, include common name, scientific name, and description of important features, habitat, and geographic range. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
5-lobed abdm Alpine Bark BC to Cal beneath blue bracts Cas to coast Cascade Range Cascades Cen Amer CMtns CMtns-Cas color conif Decid shrub diam dk brown Douglas-fir elliptic Eurasia FAMILY fern flowers Flr heads Flrs Flrs tiny Flrs white Fronds Fruit garter snake gray greenish grnd habitats hairy ht gen Idaho indusia inflor insects lancelike lflets lobed long petioled low-mid lowl lowl-mont lowl-subalp Lvs basal Lvs ovate mammals margins mdws Moist places mont-subalp mountain mtns mushroom NMex Northern alligator lizard occas Olympic Olympic Mountains OMtns open places orange oval pale panicles petals petioled pine pink pinnate plants plate ponderosa pine purple racemes reddish rocks rocky places rusty salamander SEPALS shrub similar SNev Sori species spoon shaped spots Spr-sum Stalk stem sticky stripes subalp subalp-alp sum res tail toothed trees umbel underside Western western fence lizard widespread wings yellow yellowish