Nevada Trees & Wildflowers: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

Amid Nevada’s swaths of sagebrush, creosote bush, and greasewood are pockets of tremendous plant diversity, which help make the Silver State one of the most flora-rich states in the US. There are over 2800 native flower plant species in Nevada, which is largely situated on the Great Basin, an arid plateau interspersed with many small mountain ranges running north to south. In the low-lying Mojave Desert, plants like yucca, mesquite, and cacti are abundant. For many people, plants represent ...