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Wildflowers of New England (A Timber Press Field Guide) Flexibound – February 24, 2016

by Ted Elliman (Author), Native Plant Trust (Author)

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Part of: A Timber Press Field Guide (12 books)

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.

Wildflowers of New England is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of the region. Organized by flower color and shape, and including a range map for each flower described, the guide is as user-friendly as it is informative. This must-have book is perfect for hikers, naturalists, and native plant enthusiasts.

Covers Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Describes and illustrates more than 1,000 commonly encountered species
Includes perennials and annuals, both native and naturalized non-native
1,100 beautiful color photographs
User-friendly organization by flower color and shape

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February 24, 2016
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6.13 x 1 x 8.63 inches
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1604694645
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“An excellent field guide. . . . a must-have book for both plant lovers and folks who are curious about the natural landscape of this region.” —Coastal Home

“A functional field guide that promises to be useful to both professionals and amateurs interested in New England flora.” —Choice

“Wildflowers of New England, written by Ted Elliman, a botanist and plant ecologist for the New England Wild Flower Society, and published earlier this year, is a great tool that can enhance your enjoyment of the outdoors. . . . Elliman describes the plants in clear, concise language. Like his prose, the photographs offer clear close-ups that aid in identifying plants.” —Portland Press Herald

“Chances are, any plant you come across in the region you’ll be able to find in Elliman’s 448-page guide.” —The Providence Journal

“This book not only has beautiful and helpful images—the introduction is a veritable course in botany. . . . Wildflowers of New England is a substantial little book, in many ways, but the heavy, shiny cover, complete with ruler marking, is tough enough to take on hikes for frequent onsite referrals.” —The Recorder

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Covers all of New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Describes and illustrates more than 1,000 species
Includes perennials, annuals, and shrubs, both native and nonnative
1,100 beautiful color photographs
User-friendly organization by color and shape
Authoritative trailside reference from the region’s wildflower experts

About the Author

Ted Elliman has been engaged in plant conservation in the Northeast for forty years. As a plant ecologist at the New England Wild Flower Society in Framingham, Massachusetts, he conducted botanical inventories, natural community surveys, and invasive species control programs. Elliman worked as a contract ecologist for the National Park Service, and he has written numerous articles on botanical subjects for conservation organizations, scientific journals, and state and federal environmental agencies.

Founded in 1900 as the Society for the Protection of Native Plants, the Native Plant Trust is the nation’s oldest plant conservation organization and a recognized leader in native plant conservation, horticulture, and education. The Society’s headquarters, Garden in the Woods, is a renowned native plant botanic garden in Framingham, Massachusetts, that attracts visitors from all over the world. From this base, 25 staff and more than 700 volunteers work throughout New England to monitor and protect rare and endangered plants, collect and preserve seeds to ensure biological diversity, detect and control invasive species, conduct research, and offer a range of educational programs.

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Introduction
This field guide describes 1100 wildflowers and small flowering shrubs that occur in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont—the six New England states. Most of these plants are herbaceous, that is, they are species with conspicuous flowers whose stems die back in winter. Others are small, woody-stemmed shrubs, primarily those that grow no more than 3 feet in height and also have conspicuous flowers. Trees and large shrubs are not included; neither are grasses and grasslike plants, nor nonflowering plants such as ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses.

The selected plants represent a high proportion of the region’s flora that we think of as “wildflowers.” Most grow in natural habitats—in the forests, meadows, wetlands, hills, mountains, valleys, and coastlines throughout the region. Others have found favored niches along roadsides, railway beds, and in pavement cracks. Many of them are common in the region and some are rare. A number of species are distributed throughout New England, while others are found only within a small area of a single state. Some grow only in particular conditions, such as an alpine meadow or sphagnum bog, while others flourish in a wide variety of habitats. Most of these wildflowers occur in other parts of the northeastern United States and in southeastern Canada as well as in New England. Only a few species are entirely limited to New England in their range.

Plants that are native to New England and plants that are nonnative to the region are described. The common thread is that all of them grow in self-sustaining populations independent of human cultivation. A native species is one that has continuously grown in the northeastern landscape since before the time of European colonization. A nonnative or introduced plant has been brought here, accidentally or deliberately, from outside the region, and now grows here in natural conditions. Today, approximately two-thirds of the species growing in natural conditions in New England are native, and one-third of them are nonnative, introduced species.

The book is intended to be a handy reference to wildflower identification in the field. It is designed for beginners as well as experienced naturalists, indeed for anyone who is curious about exploring the beauty and variety of wildflowers in the natural landscape. The primary goal is to provide the reader with a reliable, nontechnical means of correctly identifying the wildflowers that he or she encounters in New England.

To this end, the book uses a key system based on flower and leaf characteristics. By following the key, which starts with flower color, the reader will be able to track down the plant that he or she is observing in the wild to a group of species that share its flower and leaf features. Then, by reading the individual species descriptions and looking at the accompanying images of that similar-looking group of plants, the reader will be able to find the one that matches the plant that he or she is observing.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Timber Press (February 24, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Flexibound ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1604694645
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1604694642
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.67 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 1 x 8.63 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #59,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8 in New England Region Gardening
- #49 in Flowers in Biological Sciences
- #108 in Outdoors & Nature Reference

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Kat G.

Love this book. Lovely pictures and well organized.

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017

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Very helpful. Lovely full color images, and organized in a wonderfully logical fashion. The front and back of the book clarify different ways of identifying plants, and each individual entry makes note of specific details that help distinguish it from similar plants. There is usually one image per plant, but some have and extra image of a detail such as a close-up of the leaves of the plant, in order to better aid accurate identification. The entries also make note of where the plant likes to grow, and what time of year it blooms. Along with information such as plant height, leaf length, leaf arrangement, flower type and petal numbers, and other qualities such as those.
I actually bought this book for my Intro to Plant Biology class, and it is so nice I am happy to keep it. Instantly it helped me find the name for a few plants I was searching forever for the name of on the internet. Through web searches I had great difficulty finding one plant's name, and never found the other one, but this book allowed for easy identification, so it made me wish i had it sooner. It made me wish I had this sooner, because now I can tell people the name of my two favorite plants. This book also helps teach you the language so that I can know how to describe a plant in an important way later, should I need to.
Really love this book, totally recommend it to any flower enthusiast. It is also fun going around and identifying and teaching my little cousins the different types of flowers in our yards with the help of this book :)

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023

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This book is separated into sections that make it easy to find what you are looking for, such as flower color.

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Kate B.

Best Wildflower Book Ever

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2016

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This is my favorite Wildflower Guide of all time. I am a Florida Master Naturalist and wildflower enthusiast with a small library of flower books arranged in all sorts of ways: color, habitat, taxonomy, etc. When in the field or with a photo I'm always very interested in speedy identification. Spending the summer in Maine I wanted to get a handle on the local flora and sent for this guide. The organization of images in this book by color, petal characteristics and leaf habit makes it work like a charm for speedy IDs. The photos are gorgeous; the text from contents to index was very well written and useful for amateurs (I'll leave professionals to speak for themselves). If I were pressed to find any fault at all, I'd have to say that flowers on the red, pink, blue continuum were assigned in a somewhat puzzling manner.

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Avalon

Excellent reference book and field guide

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021

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This book is very helpful, especially if you read the beginning and learn how to use it! It has a lot of very useful info on learning to ID plants, which I recommend taking the time to read. It's not much and it's worth it if you really want to learn about plants.

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J. Evans

Excellent book! I highly recommend.

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2017

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Excellent book! I highly recommend. Elliman organizes the book in a unique way to make identifying plants easy and fun.
Great pictures too.
Definitely take this book on your next walk in the woods.

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Amazon Customer

Very helpful, great photos.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2020

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Great photos & lots of interesting info on each bird.

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2019

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Good field guide. Sometimes the pictures are a bit off, but generally a very good book.

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Excellent field guide

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020

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3 species per page. It is a true field guide with many species. Certainly, it is not perfect to include more photos of the whole plants or leaves. Overall, I recommend this book!

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