Rocky Mountain Wildflowers Field Guide

About this book

Rocky Mountain Wildflowers Field Guide is for all nature enthusiasts who want to learn more about wildflowers throughout Colorado and Wyoming's Rocky Mountain Region. The handy, pocket-sized 272-page softbound book is now in its third edition. It s been revised and updated with over 285 wildflowers identified. Information includes common, scientific and family names, a brief description, and each wildflower's habitat, life zone, and general flowering time. Wildflowers were photographed in the Southern Rockies from Rocky Mountain National Park to the Mosquito Range, from Crested Butte to the southern San Juan National Forest Region, and also in several areas in the Central Rockies of Wyoming. Clear, detailed photos depict some of the most common as well as some uncommon wildflowers that one might find along trails, open meadows and roadsides. The 285-plus wildflowers in the guide are grouped with color-coded page edges indicating sections of white, yellow, red and blue/purple flowers to help in quickly locating an unknown wildflower. Included also are descriptions of the Colorado Rocky Mountain Life Zones, illustrations of leaf shapes and inflorescences, and an index of wildflowers by color. This compact, up-to-date guide is the perfect size for taking along on camping and hiking trips in the Rocky Mountains. The guide's rounded corners make it easy to tuck in a pocket or pack. Research, identification, text and illustrations are by Native Plant Master Linda Nagy, with photographs and book design by her husband, multiple award-winning author and photographer Bernie Nagy

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Biography

Linda S. Nagy, author, illustrator, and watercolour artist, was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Georgia. She first worked as an illustrator for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri. Linda and her husband, Bernie, owned and operated a retail/mail order business for 33 years before retiring and moving to Colorado in 2003. Since 2010 they have collaborated on several award-winning regional Colorado coffee table photo books. In 2014, Linda wrote and published Rocky Mountain Wildflowers Field Guide with her husband Bernie Nagy who provided the professional photographs for the book.

Linda is passionate about flowers and her Colorado home inspired her to study and identify native plants growing in the nearby mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains. She is a member of the Colorado Native Plant Society and has earned a Colorado Flora Certificate and Native Plant Master Certification. Linda and Bernie currently live in Arizona and part-time in Colorado and Georgia. They travel extensively throughout the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Europe as they continue to pursue their interests in art, photography, and writing.