Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics

by Rob Sandelin, Stephen Whitney

Overview

* More than 700 color illustrations for easy identification
* Expanded with new sections on mushrooms, insects, and rock identification
* Handy color tabs for easy access, and quick reference index on back cover

Don't just call it a mushroom when it's a golden chanterelle; know your screech owl from your saw-whet owl; distinguish a monarch butterfly from a painted lady -- all with the help of this comprehensive guide to the common plants and animals of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains.

The species accounts have been updated with the latest taxonomic changes and, as before, include common name, scientific name, and description of important features, habitat, and geographic range.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594851605
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	04/02/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	48 MB
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About the Author

ROB SANDELIN is a naturalist and environmental educator who has since childhood spent much of his life observing and studying nature in the mountains of the Northwest. He has served as a park naturalist at Yosemite National Park, Olympic National Park, and Denali National Park. Currently he teaches field skills to student naturalists at the Environmental Education School of the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington. He is the author of This Week in the Woods, a series of natural history essays; the Cohousing Resource Guide; and the Intentional Communities Resource Pages website. He lives with family and friends in the Sharingwood Cohousing Community in Snohomish County.

STEPHEN R. WHITNEY is the author of six books on natural history, including Western Forests (Knopf) and A Field Guide to the Grand Canyon (The Mountaineers Books). He is a former managing editor of the Sierra Club Bulletin, now Sierra, associate editor of The Mother Earth News, and contributing editor of Backpacker magazine. In addition, he was editorial manager of The Mountaineers Books for six years. A resident of Washington State since 1978, he and his wife live alongside a lovely river a few miles outside of Seattle.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	7
	Introduction	9
	What's New in This Edition	9
	The Geographic Scope	10
	How to Use This Book	12
	On Behalf of the Mountains	12
	Abbreviations	13
Part I.	The Mountain Environment
Chapter 1.	Communities	18
	Forests	20
	Streams/Rivers	30
	Avalanche Slopes	32
	Lakeshores/Wetlands	33
Chapter 2.	The Geologic Story	35
	The North Cascades: Batholiths	37
	The Olympics: Ancient Seafloor	38
	The Southern Cascades: Volcanoes	39
	Knives of Water and Ice	39
	The Rocks of Our Mountains	40
Part II.	Mushrooms and Plants
Chapter 3.	Mushrooms	50
	Identifying Mushrooms	51
	About Eating Mushrooms	52
Chapter 4.	Ferns	64
Chapter 5.	Flowering Plants	78
	Glossary	78
	Wildflowers	85
I.	White Flowers	87
II.	Yellow and Orange Flowers	113
III.	Pink to Red Flowers	125
IV.	Blue to Purple Flowers	139
V.	Green or Brown Flowers	151
Chapter 6.	Shrubs	157
Chapter 7.	Trees	181
Part III.	Animals
Chapter 8.	Insects	198
Chapter 9.	Butterflies	211
Chapter 10.	Trout and Salmon	223
Chapter 11.	Amphibians	230
Chapter 12.	Reptiles	236
Chapter 13.	Birds	244
Chapter 14.	Mammals	279
	Finding Wildlife	280
	Selected References	297
	Index	303

Editorial Reviews

Arguably the best book of its type for non-professionals.

Salem Statesman-Journal

This book is clearly organized and a pleasure to thumb through.

Tacoma News-Tribune

A good, all-purpose field guide is something to treasure. Field Guide to the Cascades & Olympics is such a book.

Bend (OR) Bulletin

Outdoor enthusiasts who want to be able to tell a Monarch butterfly from a Painted Lady or a Screech owl from a Saw-whet will appreciate the expanded edition.

Vancouver (WA) Columbian

Small enough to fit in a pack, it delivers a wealth of information.

East Oregonian

Clearly organized…Beside the illustrations are brief descriptions of each item. You won't be able to tell a meadow vole from a northern bog lemming without it.

Olympian

Take [a copy of this book] on your brief excursions into the mountains. You'll be surprised how often you refer to it and what satisfaction it brings.

Centralia Chronicle

With this field guide, you'll be able to distinguish a yew tree from a dogwood, a carpenter from thatch ant, a snipe from a sandpiper…And that doesn't include lizards, toads, and yellow chanterelles. A useful book.

Reel News

Excellent, all-color illustrations identify nearly 200 flowering plants plus amphibians, butterflies, mushrooms, and lots more.

Seattle Times

An ideal backpack companion for people who want to know about the plants and animals they encounter on hikes.

Eugene Register-Guard

Field Guide is special. Handy color tabs provide easy access to a variety of topics…The comprehensive field guide is amazingly specific.

Klamath Falls (OR) Herald & News

This book looks to be rather useful and functional: the cover is rugged and durable material, and the book is printed on hearty, slick paper that looks designed to take the abuse doled out in the field."

Sequim Gazette

A volume steeped in pure love of the area it describes….Arguably the best book of its type for non-professionals. The paintings are in true color and the information is precise and concise.

Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal

I'm constantly rifling through the pages learning new flowers and birds that embrace our beautiful and diverse mountains.

Sports Etc.

For those people who can't decide whether to pack a bird, plant, mushroom, rock, or insect book on hikes, here is a field guide to everything.

Bellingham Herald