9780679446781
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National Audubon Society
Genre History
Format Hardcover
Dimensions 4.04 (w) x 7.65 (h) x 0.86 (d)
Pages 448
Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date March 1998
ISBN 9780679446781
Book ISBN 10 0679446788
About Book

Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to California belongs in the home of every California resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:

An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;

A complete overview of California's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky;

An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.

The guide is packed with visual information — the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.

For everyone who lives or spends time in California, there can be no finer guide to the area's natural surroundings than the National Audubon Society Field Guide to California.

Reviews

Booknews

A superb pocket handbook to the flora and fauna of California including a good, succinct review of the state's natural history and an annotated list of state parks and preserves. Unfortunately, non- native plants are not consistently identified as exotics. Color photos, maps. 4x8". Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.