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Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains

Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains
By Leonard Adkins

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Using full-color photography and expertly crafted prose, Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains turns a day hike or drive through our nation's most beautiful and rugged expanse of forested mountains into an object lesson in the stunning beauty of nature.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #509239 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-04-10
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 272 pages

Editorial Reviews

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...glossy, full-page color photos...as valuable for its visual appeal as for the abundant information it provides. -- Catherine Harden, Our State: North Carolina, August 2005

...informative and beautifully written descriptions alongside stunning full-page color photographs... -- The Appalachian Quarterly, September 2005

...merits a ride in your knapsack...Cook's work is as good as you'll find on the subject. -- The Roanoke Times, May 5, 2005

...much more than a field guide...easy to use...lush full-page color photos...in-depth profile of each plant. -- Connie Krochmal, BellaOnline

Full-color photographs are stunning and allow you to easily identify each of its 120 flowers. -- Danny Bernstein, Rapid River Art Magazine

From the Back Cover

Whether its skunk cabbage blooming in the late winter chill, columbine and phlox bursting with color in the summer heat, or witch hazel blossoms patiently waiting for the cool of late fall, the flowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains put on a spectacular show for all but the coldest months of the year.
Whether on a dayhike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park or winding through 469 miles of mountain beauty along the Blue Ridge Parkway, appreciating the wildflowers along the way, using Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains as your guide, adds a level of enjoyment that has no price.

Flower Identification Tools for each flower include:

Full-page, color photos
Summary description of flower
Bloom Season
Leaves and stem description
Areas of growth

Designed to be a companion volume to the award-winning Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail, this wildflower guide features informative and beautifully written descriptions of each flower, by author and naturalist Leonard Adkins, alongside stunning full-page color photographs by seasoned wilderness photographer Joe Cook.

About the Author

When he isn't writing about his experiences or delivering multi-media presentations to hiking or wildflower clubs, Leonard Adkins is hiking. In fact, Adkins, a resident of Fincastle, Virginia, has explored over 16,000 miles of wilderness throughout North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. He is a board member for the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club which helps maintain a section of the trail in that area. As an Appalachian Trail Natural Heritage Monitor, he helps the Appalachian Trail Conference and the National Park Service oversee the welfare of wild and endangered plants.

Since 1991, Joe Cook has traveled more than 3,500 miles by foot and by canoe documenting the Appalachian Trail and Appalachian rivers originating along the famous footpath. Recognized with numerous awards and collected throughout the country, his images have been published in many national and regional magazines including National Wildlife, Backpacker, Blue Ridge Country, Southern Living, Outdoor Traveler, and Blue Ridge Outdoors. He currently resides in Rome, Georgia in a 110-year-old home in the historic district with his daughter and three cats.

Customer Reviews

A beautiful book5
There is no doubt this is the most beautiful wildlfower book I have ever seen. Each of the 120 photos are full page, full color, and absolutely stunning in their clarity, composition and ability to help you identify a flower. The text is also very informative--and nicely written. Instead of technical jargon, the author gives you all kinds of information in easy to understand and often entertaining language. I'll cherish this book for a long time and use it often as he also tells you specific sites to find each flower. Again, A BEAUTIFUL BOOK.