Books to Identify Great Basin and Sierra Nevada Wildflowers

This guide covers common wildflowers found in the high desert regions of Nevada, Utah, and Oregon. Included are 350 color pictures and descriptive text. This book is good for beginners. It also presents a study of the ecosystem that appeals to more advanced observers. By Laird Blackwell.

This is a field guide to common wildflowers and shrubs of the Sierra Nevada. It includes some spectacular areas like Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks. By Karen Wiese.

This book provides the wildflower enthusiast with color photographs and non-technical descriptions about wildflowers and other plant life. It covers sagebrush country in the far west states of Nevada, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Oregon. Ore. By Ronald J. Taylor.

This is a pocket guide /  field reference to familiar trees and wildflowers found in Nevada. It contains detailed color illustrations to help distinguish each species. By James Kavanagh.

This is a field guide to the plants and animals of California and Nevada's Sierra Nevada range. It contains 2700 color illustrations to help with identifying some 1700 species native to the region, including trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, insects, and more. It also includes information on animal tracks and (scat) evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations. By John Muir Laws.

This guide features the native and naturalized wildflower species and showy shrubs of the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, including parts of the Mojave Desert and Great Basin. It is organized by elevation zone, flower color and petal number, and features a color header bar, close-up and habitat photographs, a full plant description, name origins, habitat information, viewing locations, and blooming season. By Laird R. Blackwell.

Includes color photographs and easy-to-use identifying descriptions of nearly 300 of the most common wildflowers found in the Lake Tahoe region. The book is organized by the month in which wildflowers are most likely to bloom. It includes driving and hiking directions and tips on the best places to find displays of wildflowers throughout the year. By Laird R. Blackwell.