Wildflower Hikes: Washington
* Guidebook to 50 wildflower species and the trails by which you can find them in Washington

* Hikes include charts listing trails by featured flowers, peak viewing times, and more



Best Wildflower Hikes Washington offers 50 hikes from Washington's ocean beaches to its high alpine terrain and the lowlands in between. Wildflowers reveal their glory only once a year, and this guidebook will tell you where and when you're most likely to find them. Included wildflowers range from the ephemeral (thus rarely seen) Lewisa Tweedyi to common trilliums. You'll enjoy hikes through meadow flowers (from Sitka Valerian to Columbine), flowers of the forest (from Pink Pyrola to Wild Ginger), and plants and flowers you'll see on beach trails.



The guidebook includes sidebars on flower habitat and color maps and photos illustrate each hike. A separate section presents in-depth profiles of 50 flowers, including common and Latin botanical names, distinguishing features, where they are commonly found, conditions in which they thrive, accompanying vegetation, their growth and propagation habits, and historical uses (culinary, medicinal, etc.).


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Wildflower Hikes: Washington
* Guidebook to 50 wildflower species and the trails by which you can find them in Washington

* Hikes include charts listing trails by featured flowers, peak viewing times, and more



Best Wildflower Hikes Washington offers 50 hikes from Washington's ocean beaches to its high alpine terrain and the lowlands in between. Wildflowers reveal their glory only once a year, and this guidebook will tell you where and when you're most likely to find them. Included wildflowers range from the ephemeral (thus rarely seen) Lewisa Tweedyi to common trilliums. You'll enjoy hikes through meadow flowers (from Sitka Valerian to Columbine), flowers of the forest (from Pink Pyrola to Wild Ginger), and plants and flowers you'll see on beach trails.



The guidebook includes sidebars on flower habitat and color maps and photos illustrate each hike. A separate section presents in-depth profiles of 50 flowers, including common and Latin botanical names, distinguishing features, where they are commonly found, conditions in which they thrive, accompanying vegetation, their growth and propagation habits, and historical uses (culinary, medicinal, etc.).


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* Guidebook to 50 wildflower species and the trails by which you can find them in Washington

* Hikes include charts listing trails by featured flowers, peak viewing times, and more



Best Wildflower Hikes Washington offers 50 hikes from Washington's ocean beaches to its high alpine terrain and the lowlands in between. Wildflowers reveal their glory only once a year, and this guidebook will tell you where and when you're most likely to find them. Included wildflowers range from the ephemeral (thus rarely seen) Lewisa Tweedyi to common trilliums. You'll enjoy hikes through meadow flowers (from Sitka Valerian to Columbine), flowers of the forest (from Pink Pyrola to Wild Ginger), and plants and flowers you'll see on beach trails.



The guidebook includes sidebars on flower habitat and color maps and photos illustrate each hike. A separate section presents in-depth profiles of 50 flowers, including common and Latin botanical names, distinguishing features, where they are commonly found, conditions in which they thrive, accompanying vegetation, their growth and propagation habits, and historical uses (culinary, medicinal, etc.).



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780898869644
Publisher: Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date: 05/28/2004
Series: Best Hikestm Series
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Photographer and writer IRA SPRING'S crisp, breathtaking images of the Northwest wilderness have been inspiring outdoor enthusiasts for several decades. His creative stamp can be found in more than forty books on the outdoors, including Mountaineers Books' titles such as, An Ice Ax, A Camera, And A Jar of Peanut Butter. Ira Spring was also one of the original contributers to the 100 Classic Hikes series. One of the Northwest's most active trail lobbyists, Spring was given the 1992 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award for his volunteer efforts toward trail preservation and funding.

Craig Romano is an avid hiker, runner, kayacker, and cyclist. He is the author of Best Hikes with Dogs Inland Northwest, Columbia Highlands: Exploring Washington's Last Frontier, as well as Backpacking Washington,Day Hiking Columbia River Gorge,Day Hiking Olympia Peninsula, Day Hiking: North Cascades, Day Hiking Central Cascades, and Winter Hikes of Western Washington Deck. Craig lives in Mount Vernon, Washington.

KAREN SYKES was an avid hiker and scrambler who spent close to fifty-two weekends a year exploring the mountains of Washington in a quest for off-the-beaten-track experiences. She also wrote a weekly hiking column for the "Getaway" section of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Karen passed away in 2014.

Table of Contents

Foreword13
Introduction15
Wildflower Habitats: Their Ecologies and Natural Histories17
The Naming of Plants27
About This Book30
Olympic Peninsula
1.Rialto Beach36
2.Hoh River Nature Trails and Happy Four Camp42
3.Hurricane Hill47
4.Marmot Pass via Big Quilcene Trail51
5.Staircase55
The North Cascades & Highway20
6.Yellow Aster Butte60
7.Chain Lakes Loop63
8.Railroad Grade via Park Butte Trail67
9.Sauk Mountain71
10.Maple Pass74
11.Slate Peak77
12.Windy Pass via Pacific Crest Trail80
13.Tiffany Mountain85
14.Disappointment Peak88
15.Copper Butte91
16.Wapaloosie Mountain94
The Mountain Loop Highway & US2
17.Green Mountain98
18.Walt Bailey Trail101
19.Big Four Ice Caves Trail104
20.Mount Dickerman Trail107
21.Scorpion Mountain via Johnson Ridge110
22.Josephine Lake via Pacific Crest Trail113
23.Round Mountain Trail to Nason Ridge116
24.Chiwaukum Creek119
25.Tumwater Pipeline Trail122
Interstate 90 & East
26.Ira Spring Memorial Trail126
27.Kendall Garden Katwalk130
28.Lodge Lake133
29.Esmerelda Basin136
30.Navaho Pass140
31.Kruckeberg Country: Iron Peak and Longs Pass144
32.Tronsen Ridge148
Southeast Washington
33.Umtanum Ridge152
34.Black Canyon155
35.Dusty Lake158
36.Ancient Lakes161
37.Blythe Lake and Coulee164
38.Saddle Mountains167
39.White Bluffs170
Mount Rainier & South
40.Rainier View Trail174
41.Sheep Lake and Sourdough Gap via Pacific Crest Trail177
42.Naches Peak Loop180
43.Burroughs Mountain Loop184
44.Paradise Flower Trails188
45.McCoy Creek Flower Walks193
46.Sunrise Peak and Jumbo's Shoulder197
47.Conrad Meadows200
48.Adams Creek Meadow204
49.Norway Pass and Mount Margaret206
50.Dog Mountain210
Wildflower Portraits213
Wildflowers of the Forest215
Wildflowers of Montane Meadows227
Wildflowers of Ponderosa Pine and Sagebrush Country238
Useful References and Other Resources242
General Index246
Plant Index248
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