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In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety of Sierra life—trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects—comes alive.

Easy-to-use features include:

Intuitive organization, color tabs, and simple keys;
Similar-looking species side by side;
Over 2,800 full-color illustrations;
Range maps of species that are otherwise difficult to distinguish;
Index of common and scientific names;
Lightweight and compact—ideal for backpacking.

Impressively detailed and comprehensive, the guide includes:

More than 1,700 species;
Descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between species;
Species and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries, animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations.

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727 pages
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English
Publisher

Heyday
Publication date

1 June 2007
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189781 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07ZVX3RP3
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Heyday (1 June 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 189781 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 727 pages

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John Muir Laws is a naturalist, educator, and artist. He has degrees in conservation and resource studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and in wildlife biology from the University of Montana, Missoula, as well as certification in scientific illustration from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is an Audubon TogetherGreen fellow and a research associate with the California Academy of Sciences. He is the author of "The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds." "The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada" and "Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide." Visit his website at www.johnmuirlaws.com.

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Clive Bushnell

always a compromise. Worth having, but not comprehensive ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2014

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always a compromise. Worth having, but not comprehensive of course.

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Johannes Staab

umfangreich informativ

Reviewed in Germany on 10 August 2013

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Sehr gut gegliedertes, umfangreich und informatives Buch über Flora u. Fauna der Sierra Nevada.
Didaktisch sehr gut aufgebaut. Sehr brauchbar.

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Michael A. Cibulka

Excellent Book

Reviewed in Canada on 4 May 2019

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Very good book, great price delivered, faster than expected.

Naomi Manygoats

Hands down the best field guide ever produced.

Reviewed in the United States on 20 October 2018

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I just got back from my bucket list trip to the Sierra Nevada. And really wish I had owned this field guide! I have 2 of Laws art books. I might not ever get back to this area, but the book is a treasure. He includes virtually everything, flowers, fungi, trees, insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, animal tracks, even animal poop! He even has star maps. I have two minor complaints. First, the size of the book. It is very skinny and tall. I prefer shorter, wider field guides. The reason being it seems like about half of the outstanding illustrations are near the books spine, which I don’t want to break by opening the book wide open. My other complaint....well, I know this book concentrates on living things, but hey, if he was going to put stars in, couldn’t he put in the rocks and minerals too? With rocks, that would have made it totally complete. I am prejudiced I know, I am a geologist. I think I am in love with this artist though.

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V. Shadlow

I used wildflower identification by flower color, # of petals, with color illustrations...

Reviewed in the United States on 16 July 2022

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I used wildflower identification by flower color, # of petals, with color illustrations...That said, was it the location I was at?? I was in California, just north of Lake Almanor, there were quire a few wild flowers/plants that I just couldn't make an identification on. Not everything you see will be in flower....And I guess, some plants / flowers aren't common enough to be in this book. I have never read this book cover to cover, yet expect to break it out while hiking / walking near the camp to identify flowers / plants. I take pictures,but am always forgetting to try to look up further, when I get home [am told there is an APP that you just take a photo of whatever and it identifies the flower / plant; and that it is pretty good - I never remember the name of the App].

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