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Just a couple of thoughts:
-your local library may stock "Laws' guide to the Sierra Nevada"
– I love phone apps, especially free ones. I uploaded a music recognition app & googled plant recognition app, leafsnap.com came up. Oh course this may only work if you have cell or wifi service
I have seen brochures at big trees park which have good guides on the local plants.
The tour guides are generally very knowledgable. I talked to an older gentleman
Who in twenty minutes gave me a tremendous amount of info on trees.Laws' guide to the Sierra Nevada, not sure of the exact title, is indispensible for common plants, birds, and other wildlife. Beautiful illustrations and brief natural history notes. Everyone should have a copy. Good size for carrying around or including in your day pack. Author is John Muir Laws, most any bookstore should stock it.
Jmhaar –
It's not free or particularly cheap – but the best guide to plants, insects, any any other life in the area is Sierra Nevada Natural History from the University of California Press
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520240964
This is the definitive guide for out areaI'm wondering if anyone on this forum knows of a comprehensive plant identification guide – online preferably – where one could identify all the awesome plants which grow in our area. We have a lot of bare dirt in our yard and I see several ground over plants that I think would do very well and look pretty too – like this grape leaf looking ground shrub that spreads via underground vines.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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