Colorado Wildflowers: A Beginner's Field Guide to the State's Most Common Flowers (Interpreting the Great Outdoors)
Description
Colorado has five different life zones, each growing its own garden of wildflowers. Some wildflowers even grow in many of the different life zones. Look carefully and you'll find everything from the delicate king's crown to the spiny prickly pear. In Colorado Wildflowers you'll discover that even the most common flowering plants have interesting stories to tell. For example, did you know... Blue flax has been used as a salve to treat burns. Native Americans made chewing gum from the stalks of pussytoes. Shrubby cinquefoil is used by wildlife biologists as an indica...
ISBN(s)
1560442662, 9781560442660
