New Hampshire Trees & Wildflowers: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

Owing to its rich assemblage of unique habitats, New Hampshire hosts and impressive diversity of plants given the Granite State's small size. Over 2000 vascular plants grow in New Hampshire, including state flower Purple Lilac. Within a short period of time, you can travel to multiple ecosystems, such as lakes, seashore, salt marshes, mixed forests, and coniferous forests. At higher altitudes lie alpine tundra where many hardy plants persist amid difficult growing conditions. For many people, plants represent a major aspect of a landscape's character, yet it can be challenging to sift through thousands of species. It helps, then, to have a portable reference like New Hampshire Trees & Wildflowers to focus on a smaller group of the most representative plants. This beautifully illustrated collection features 140 common and familiar trees, shrubs, and wildflowers, as well as an ecoregion map showing over 20 botanical sanctuaries and learning sites. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, 12-panel folding pocket guide is an excellent plant identification tool for educators, learners, naturalists, and botanists, while serving as a means of learning more about plant species' remarkable life histories. Made in the USA.