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Field Guide to Manzanitas
Field Guide to Manzanitas
Field Guide to Manzanitas
Field Guide to Manzanitas

Field Guide to Manzanitas

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Category: Paperback Tags: Botany, California
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Description

Manzanita’s center of biodiversity is in the California Floristic Province, where they are the “rock stars” of woody shrub diversity. Ranging from the Sierra Nevada mountains to coastal bluffs along the Pacific, from temperate rainforests along the North Coast to arid mountain slopes in Southern California, a wealth of manzanita species and subspecies can be found in an astonishing array of environments.

Field Guide to Manzanitas presents an assimilation of images, descriptions, and range maps to better understand these plants through:

  • Color plates for identifying the world’s manzanitas
  • Accurate and updated range maps
  • 28 manzanita hot-spots for finding them in the field
  • Spectacular photos from across North America
  • Simplified keys by region
  • Discussion covering endemism, ecology, and evolution of the genus

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Weight 13 oz

4 reviews for Field Guide to Manzanitas

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kurt Rademacher – July 29, 2020

    An amazing resource which fills a serious need for those of us exploring this fascinating genus. The well thought out keys, detailed maps, and generous number of photos really help to pin down features which can be highly variable even within the taxa. The section on “Manzanita Destinations” is another useful feature. It’s a welcome addition to my library, though it generally resides “at the ready” in my field pack. Congratulations and Thanks!

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kyle Keegan – January 20, 2021

    As expected, given the previous books I have purchased from Back Country Press, this field guide has exquisite photos, delicious writing and concise and well designed keys and range maps that are easily understood. I’m crossing my fingers that they will do a similar guide for Ceanothus.

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Emma Shelton (verified owner) – February 15, 2021

    I LOVE the paper! You get a bookmark and a sticker too, very nice. From the Introduction to the glossary, it’s a wonderful book. It helps that I like Manzanitas. Detailed descriptions of each taxon are really helpful. I also like very much the maps where they are found, the key, the region and county lists and destinations. I also have “Conifers of the Pacific Slope”, which has the same useful arrangement. What’s great is that the book is not a heavy tome in any sense- easy to carry around, and did I mention I love the feel of the paper?

  4. Rated 4 out of 5

    Kenneth Koll (verified owner) – March 22, 2021

    It is a good book. Probably the best I have found on the subject. It was recommended to me by a Manzanita expert.

    I was disappointed by the Monterey Bay section (my local area). The first reference (Empire Grade/Bonny Doon) focuses on a location on secure/private business land. It cannot be accessed. There are other excellent accessible locations in Bonny Doon that are open to the public. Why feature a place that the readers cannot access? The second reference is to Manzanita Park. That Park currently requires visitors either to park outside or pay a $50 fee annual fee. Also, the map reference is incorrect. The area shown on the map is a State Park in Aptos, Forest of Nicene Marks.

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