Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail (eBook)

Leonard M. Adkins (Autor)

Joe Cook (Fotograf)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017 | 3. Auflage
240 Seiten
Menasha Ridge Press (Verlag)
978-1-63404-091-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Whether you are a weekend hiker, a long-distance trekker, a trained naturalist, or a wildflower enthusiast, thisis a necessary companion for anyone interested in the flora of the East's longest trail.

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With a new cover, more extensive index, and list of organizations, the new edition of Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail is the go-to resource for anyone interested in the wildflowers found along the 2,175-mile-long Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Stunning full-page color photos by Joe Cook and Monica Cook accompany the detailed descriptions by author Leonard Adkins that include: bloom season, leaves and stem descripotion, geographic range of growth, and location of the flower along the AT. Also included for many of the 94 flowers profiled in the book is the fascinating role the flower has played through history and its value in folkloric as well as modern medicine.

Autor

Leonard M. Adkins, profiled by Backpacker magazine, and referred to as “The Habitual Hiker,” has hiked more than 20,000 miles exploring the backcountry areas of the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. Almost every hiking season finds him on some new and exciting adventure. He has hiked the full length of the Appalachian Trail five times (click the Hiking GA to ME button above to read reports from the fifth journey), traversed the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico, followed the Pacific Northwest Trail through Montana, Idaho, and Washington, and walked Canada’s Great Divide Trail. Other long-distance journeys include Vermont’s Long Trail, West Virginia’s Allegheny Trail, and the Ozark Highlands Trail in Arkansas. His adventures in Europe include a trek of the Pyrenees High Route from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean along the border of France and Spain and an exploration of Iceland’s interior.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.8.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 100 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Appalachian Mountains plants • Appalachian Trail plants • Appalachian wildflowers • NC wildflower identification Georgia • North Carolina wildflowers by season • wildflower identification Appalachian Trail • Wildflower identification pictures • Wildflower pictures and names • wildflowers for counted quilting • Wildflowers of Appalachia • Wildflowers of North Carolina • Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachian
• ISBN-10: 1-63404-091-0 / 1634040910
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63404-091-4 / 9781634040914