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Tree Book
Wildflower Field Guide
TREES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS FIELD GUIDE
This guidebook brings
precision artwork and useful information about our cherished mountain
flora to your fingertips.
The preparation, text and artistry of the Tree Book has been four
years in the making. Extensive field expeditions, botanical research,
scientific consultations, and the patient artwork of 26 local illustrators
have all been part of this excellent production. It is truly a labor
of love. The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust thanks heartily
all involved - artists, writers, financial supporters, coordinators
and volunteers. And everyone who buys a guidebook! Proceeds will
benefit both the Land Trust and the Rim Of the World Interpretive
Association (ROWIA) of the Heaps Peak Arboretum, which is handling
distribution of the book. ORDER your "Trees of the San Bernardino
Mountains"
All 50 mountain trees and shrubs included in the guidebook are
native to our local mountains with the single exception of the sequoia,
which has been adapted to our area. The colorful drawings faithfully
depict the individual species to make identification quick and easy.
The lovely drawings are coupled with concise text that describes
key characteristics and intriguing facts about each featured plant.
"Trees of the San Bernardino Mountains" is an excellent addition
to the naturalist literature on the San Bernardino Mountains. The
new guidebook is a perfect companion to "Wildflowers of the San
Bernardino Mountains," published by the Land Trust in 1999. Both
guides are available on our website or by writing to us. The Tree
Book makes an excellent gift and is an ideal handbook for every
mountain resident and visitor, especially as a reference for native
species.
The Tree Book is meant to enhance the general knowledge of our
precious mountain-forest ecosystem. The trees and shrubs of the
San Bernardino Mountains offer important stories and lessons to
share. Hopefully the guidebook will encourage all of us to learn
more about our precious native trees and to value them more highly
in these difficult times of drought, fire and wide-spread die-off
of our conifers.
The Tree Book can be purchased at the Big Bear Discovery Center,
McCabe's Bookstore, Heaps Peak Arboretum and from this website.
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WILDFLOWERS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS FIELD GUIDE
Wildflowers of the San Bernardino Mountains is the only
field guide available that exclusively features the flora of Southern
California's most popular National Forest.
The book contains 110 colorful wildflowers that you are most likely
to encounter on the trails and by-ways of the San Bernardino Mountains
(as well as the San Gabriels and San Jacintos too).
A dedicated group of volunteers spent three years conducting wildflower
walks with a U.S. Forest Service botanist to identify the various
species that are most prevalent above an elevation of 4000 feet in
all of the diverse habitats found around Crestline, Lake Arrowhead,
and Big Bear Lake, where the most popular hiking trails lead into
the forest.
The Wildflower Field Guide was illustrated by a team of 40 local artists,
ranging in age from 13 to 86, the eldest being a retired animator
from Warner Bros. Studios, who attended a summer camp in the San Bernardino
Mountains back in the 1920's. Each drawing was first submitted to
the USFS Botanist, Brad Henderson, so that it could be carefully evaluated
for accuracy, before its inclusion in the field guide.
Although the forest contains over 1600 species of wildflowers, the
handbook captures the best highlights from a full range of colors
and seasons. The San Bernardino National Forest is noted for containing
26% of all of California's special endemic plant species on only 1%
of the state's total landscape.The Wildflower Field Guide can be
purchased at the Big Bear Discovery Center, McCabe's Bookstore, the
Heaps Peak Arboretum and from this website.
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