Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History

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An acclaimed, beautifully illustrated introduction to spring-blooming wildflowers of the northeastern United States and Canada This exquisitely illustrated volume provides an accessible, in-depth introduction to spring-blooming wildflowers of the northeastern United States and Canada. Featuring more than 500 detailed color photos and a large, be

Carol Gracie was a naturalist, photographer, writer, and lecturer who had a special interest in plants and insects. She was the author of Summer Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History (Princeton) and a coauthor of Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States. She also coauthored books on plants of tropical South America. She worked for many years as an educator, research assistant, and tour leader at the New York Botanical Garden. Her work on tropical plant collecting expeditions resulted in several new species being named for her.

"Honorable Mention for the 2012 National Outdoor Book Awards, Nature & Environment Category" "Winner of the 2013 Cover/Jacket Merit Award in the Professional, Reference category, New York Book Show" "This is a fabulous, wonderful book that I am delighted to have read and one I will return to again and again. I recommend it to you unreservedly. . . . This book is perfectly relevant [to] us at this side of the Atlantic and it would be a frightful oversight if you miss out on enjoying it."---Paddy Tobin, Irish Garden Plant Society "[An] in-depth reference."---Margaret Roach, The New York Times