Wild Flowers of North Carolina Author:William S. Justice, C.Ritchie Bell This book is the best guide to the abundant wild flowers of a large part of the southeastern United States. It features 400 full-color photographs, wild flowers, trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and weeds, rare and common species, native and naturalized plants using common and scientific names. There are brief nontechnical notes with each plant illus... more »trated including habitat, range, size, months of bloom and features of identification.
Covering the Carolinas and Virginia and areas adjoining states, this book has been designed for easy handling in the field. It is notable for the striking fidelity of its illustrations and the ease with which they provide identification of species. For those who wish additional technical information, each species illustrated is keyed by number to the appropriate detailed entry in the Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas by A.E. Radford, H.E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968). For teachers, students, amateurs and flower-lovers, this volume will prove indispensable.« less