Plants of Coastal British Columbia - Softcover

Projar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551050420 ISBN 13: 9781551050423

Publisher: Lone Pine Pub, 1994

Synopsis

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 this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lone Pine Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1551050420
• ISBN 13: 9781551050423
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 526