Plants of the Rocky Mountains

I work in the field and do a lot of plant ID for my job. This is our go to guide - so much so I had to order a new copy after we wore our current years old copy ragged!

This field guide is excellent! I bought Kershaw's guide to the Trees of Michigan back when I lived around the Great Lakes, which had a similar wealth of facts, images, and illustrations for quick identification.I'm having a great time learning about so many different plants that thrive in such a huge area, but I'm a little disappointed the tree section is so sparse; there are only 13! I know it has a lot of ground to cover, but maybe they could've shaved off a few of the hundreds of wildflowers or dozens of lichen to make room for such a crucial category.Still, it's a massive and impressive field guide, well worth picking up to learn more about the natural beauty in this region!

In another life I was a bit of a taxonomist. Now I just like to know what stuff is. This book is a good combination of a picture book and botanical key. It does a pretty good job of both. The one short coming is, of course, is it is not complete. No picture book can be. One hint, if you are not satisfied with an ID read the narrative to find related species. Odds are good the species you are looking for will be described there.

Book was expensive for the condition it came in. Pages torn, cover showed signs of being damp/wet.

I chose this book in advance of a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park (last week) because it had a 2017 date and mentioned using the Flora of North America as the standard for names. Well, yes and no. Several important families still list the older, superseded names, presumably because the older edition wasn't updated to the very latest published volumes of FNA. But, apart from that, I am completely happy with the book: photos are very clear; descriptions of similar species are useful in discriminating; there are dichotomous keys for many families and good simple prefatory material to help with less technical ID. I used the book before my trip to help in identifying 60-year old pressed plants collected by a famous botanist in Wyoming and found it very helpful. It was also an excellent resource to check when I returned from each day's hike last week. A little heavy for the pack when I was carrying two liters of water, but a good choice.

This book is extensive for particular subtopics, especially wild flowers and lichens, but extremely brief regarding trees. I think there are about maybe 15 different tree species included? If the section was going to be short, I would have appreciated more extensive info and broader thoroughness regarding that info for each tree.Still, I’m excited to use this book during the late spring when the flowers explode here in Colorado! The flower section is NOT lacking.

Good condition

Looks to be very complete book regarding the plants of the Rocky Mtns. Still working with it, but seems to have a lot of info on each of the the plants one might encounter in the mountains.

I am very picky about tree and plant identification books. I keep trying to find ones that meet my needs. I bought this boo, not sure of whether it would be good or not. I was so pleasantly surprised! Great bark photos, great leaf photos, great information! Love it!

Amazing book. Information over load! Good real pictures showing plants and trees...