Natural History Wanderings

“The Vascular Plants of Northwestern California,” by James P. Smith, Jr., and John O. Sawyer, Jr., contains a wealth of handy information, including the list of families and genera as currently recognized but also what families or genera that have been changed are now; chapters on common names, endemic plants, rare plants, weeds, food plants, wild edible plants, ethnobotanically important plants The area covered includes all of Mendocino County (north to the Oregon border) most of Lake County, adjacent counties west of Hwy 5. The identification section includes a chapter “Distinctive Plants That You Shouldn’t Have to Key” as well as very practical dichotomous keys. A mere $29. Order from CNPS: https://store.cnps.org/…/the-vascular-plants-of…