This field guide features more than 300 species found in the northern Rockies of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and adjacent British Columbia and Alberta, including Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks. Packed with vivid photos and informative text, this field guide will help you identify and appreciate the varied flora of these wooded mountains, deep valleys, and rugged canyons. All plants are conveniently arranged by color and family for quick and easy reference. You'll also find edible and medicinal properties, traditional Native American uses, historical facts, and the origin of plant names.
H. Wayne Phillips is a former forest service ecologist, range manager, and forester who now writes and teaches botany part-time and is an active member of the Montana Native Plant Society. He is the author of "Central Rocky Mountain Wildflowers".