A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests (Peterson Field Guide Series) - Softcover

Kricher, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395928974 ISBN 13: 9780395928974

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998

Synopsis

Accompanied by vivid illustrations and photographs, a valuable guide covers the Great Plains, South Texas, Rocky Mountain habitats, and Southwest habitats, including the riparian forest and the giant saguaro cactus forest. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Gordon Morrison is a well-known naturalist whose work has been praised by Roger Tory Peterson as "Marvelous, beautiful, excellent . . . Morrison’s work is so inspiring that I wish such clear material was available when I was slowly learning ecology. . . . We owe a debt of gratitude to Gordon for his interpretive skills as an artist. He is a superb teacher who uses visual methods." Robert Bateman likened his work to that of Albrecht Durer and Andrew Wyeth. Gordon Morrison makes his home in Massachusetts.

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Prairie Riparian Forest Plate 4

Indicator Plants
Canopy Trees: Green Ash, Ashleaf Maple (Box-elder), Eastern
Cottonwood, Peachleaf Willow, Water Birch, Quaking Aspen, Bur Oak,
Chinkapin Oak, Shin Oak, Post Oak, Blackjack Oak, American Elm,
Bitternut Hickory, Shagbark Hickory, Northern Hackberry, Black Oak.
Understory Trees and Shrubs: Red-osier Dogwood, Pussy Willow,
Missouri Willow, Heartleaf Willow, Sandbar Willow, Desert Ironwood,
Black Raspberry, Smooth Sumac, Common Buttonbush, Common Witch-hazel,
Common Chokecherry, juneberries, hawthorns, Coralberry, Red Baneberry.
Herbaceous Species: Virginia Creeper, Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet
Honeysuckle, Winter Grape, Kudzu-vine (local), Globeflower, Stinging
Nettle, Canada Violet, Cardinal Flower, Solomon"s-seal, and various
grasses and sedges.

Indicator Animals
Birds: Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
Black-headed Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, Bullock"s Oriole, Red-headed
Woodpecker, Green-backed Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, American Kestrel,
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood-
Pewee, Tree Swallow, House Wren, Gray Catbird, Warbling Vireo, Yellow
Warbler, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-
headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Northern Cardinal, American
Goldfinch, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow.
Mammals: River Otter, Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Eastern Gray Squirrel,
Eastern Cottontail.
Reptiles: Painted Turtle, False Map Turtle, Northern Water Snake.
Amphibians: Woodhouse Toad, Northern Leopard Frog.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0395928974
• ISBN 13: 9780395928974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 374
• Illustrator: Morrison Gordon