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The definitive guide to Wildflowers (and
plants in general) of the Pacific Northwest is Jim Pojar and And
MacKinnon's Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
It is such a definitive guide that it is coming referred to by
trail enthusiasts as the "Pojar." Do not be discouraged
by the suggestion that only coastal flowers will be found, as the
guide's range includes the Cascades. If you are even the mildest
of enthusiasts, this guide is a definitive must have, one for the
bookshelf and one for the backpack.
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If you can't find your Pojar, then the
National
Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest is the next
best choice. It covers a greater area, includes fauna and flora (and more), and
is the all-around perfect companion to everything wild.
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Larry Ulrich's Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest is a nice wildflower picture book for your coffee
table, complete with over 135 pages of pictures. One of
the great side benefits to this photo-book is the detailed
description of when and where each photograph was taken.
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Mac's Field Guides make a double-sided, lamenated
picture guide for Pacific Northwest Wildflowers.
This can be fairly handy for just a quick and easy reference guide
to the 90 most common flowers on the trail.
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