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Weeds of the West (5th edition)
Weeds of the West (5th edition)
by Tom Whitson
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Learning to identify unwanted plants around the home, farm or ranch will be much easier with this book published by the Western Society of Weed Science and co-sponsored by the Cooperative Extension of the United States. Weeds of the West will help you... (read more)

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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska
by Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon
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This easy-to-use field guide features 794 species of plants commonly found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska, including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast... (read more)

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Wildflowers of the Western Cascades
Wildflowers of the Western Cascades
by Robert A Ross
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A practical field guide to a rich wildflower area, this book combines useful plant descriptions with truly spectacular photographs. All the wildflowers are found on Oregon's Iron Mountain in the Cascades, but the book is useful throughout the region.... (read more)

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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms (Audubon Society Field Guide)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms (Audubon Society Field Guide)
by National Audubon Society
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With more than 700 mushrooms detailed with color photographs and descriptive text, this is the most comprehensive photographic field guide to the mushrooms of North America. The 762 full-color identification photographs show the mushrooms as they appear... (read more)

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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
by Michael Pollan
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Michael Pollan may be incapable of uninteresting writing. Discerning and lucid, his works tend to provoke the reader to engage themselves (at least in thought, if not deed) well beyond the final page. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education is Pollan's... (read more)

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Oranges (83 Edition)
Oranges (83 Edition)
by John Mcphee
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A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice, but the author kept encountering so much irresistible information that he eventually found that he had in fact written a book. It contains... (read more)

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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165) and index.... (read more)

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The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America
The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America
by Langdon Cook
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In the tradition of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief, and Mark Kurlansky’s Cod — a renowned culinary adventurer goes into the woods with the iconoclasts and outlaws who seek the world... (read more)

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Working with Your Woodland
Working with Your Woodland
by Mollie Beattie
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An owner's manual for forest management in New England.... (read more)

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Modern Herbal Volume 2 the Medicinal Culinar
Modern Herbal Volume 2 the Medicinal Culinar
by Maud Grieve
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Volume 2 of the fullest, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, more. 161 illustrations.... (read more)

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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region (Audubon Society Field Guide)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region (Audubon Society Field Guide)
by National Audubon Society
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Trees is divided into 3 main sections: "Discovering Trees" includes background information on evolution, biology, anatomy and environment; "Observing Trees" provides practical advice on leaf collecting, bark rubbing and how to select and plant trees;... (read more)

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Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rockies
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rockies
by Linda Kershaw
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Learn about the edible and medicinal characteristics of 333 of the most common plant species of the Rockies. This book includes accounts of how the plants were used by Native Americans and early European settlers.... (read more)

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Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary
Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary
by Ronald J Taylor
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Through color photographs and nontechnical descriptions, this book introduces visitors and residents alike to the abundant plant life in the land of bitterbrush and coyotes.... (read more)

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The Jepson Manual
The Jepson Manual
by Jepson
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"More information is packed into one volume that will be useful to a wider audience than any other manual of this kind yet published in the history of botany."--David L. Magney, The California Native Plant Society "A single work . . . simultaneously... (read more)

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How to Plant a Tree: A Simple Celebration of Trees & Tree-Planting Ceremonies
How to Plant a Tree: A Simple Celebration of Trees & Tree-Planting Ceremonies
by Daniel Butler
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This gorgeously packaged little book celebrates trees and their life-affirming presence in our lives. The earth's longest living organisms, trees exemplify nature's great strength as well as its majestic beauty. Serving as virtual lungs for our planet... (read more)

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Wildflowers of Wisconsin: Field Guide (Wildflowers of . . . Field Guides)
Wildflowers of Wisconsin: Field Guide (Wildflowers of . . . Field Guides)
by Stan Tekiela
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This is your guide to 200 of Wisconsinís flowers. Full-page photos and descriptions make this a great guide for beginners. The material also includes important information useful to those more familiar with plants. Species are organized by color.... (read more)

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Archaic Revival (91 Edition)
Archaic Revival (91 Edition)
by Terence K. Mckenna
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Cited by the L.A. Weekly as "the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience," Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, and expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants.In these essays... (read more)

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The Great Book of Hemp
The Great Book of Hemp
by Rowan Robinson
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Hemp, Cannabis sativa, has been called the world's most versatile plant. Materials made from hemp fiber have been discovered in tombs dating back to 7000 B.C. During the Middle Ages hemp was used to treat fevers, insomnia, and malaria. Columbus's ships... (read more)

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Not Just Trees: The Legacy of a Douglas-Fir Forest
Not Just Trees: The Legacy of a Douglas-Fir Forest
by Jane Dirks Edmunds
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This gracefully written story shows all that is lost when we destroy ancient stands of trees--as revealed through a 60-year study of the flora and fauna in an Oregon Coast Range forest that is selectively logged and finally clear-cut.... (read more)

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American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
by Eric Rutkow
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This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nations history. Like many of us, historians have long been guilty of taking trees for granted. Yet... (read more)

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