Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada including Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Park

People exploring nature in the Sierra Nevada Mountains can use this handy photographic field guide to identify common native wildflower and shrub species.

The flowers in the guide are grouped by color to make identification as easy as possible, and the accompanying text indicates size, bloom period, and other characteristics of each plant. The guide’s six double-sided panels fold up into a packet narrow enough to fit in a back pocket yet sturdy enough to stand up under repeated use. Lamination has also made the guide waterproof.

The plants identified in Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada grow in a large area that extends from Kern County to Plumas County, and includes Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks. Use this guide in the Eldorado, Lake Tahoe, Plumas, Sequoia, Sierra, and Stanislaus National Forests, as well as Calaveras Big Trees, Washoe Meadows, and Plumas-Eureka State Parks.

About the author

Steve Hartman has been member of the California Native Plant Society since 1974, served on the CNPS State Board of Directors as Treasurer for over a decade, and was honored as a CNPS Fellow.

Steve is a long-time activist of the Los Angeles / Santa Monica Mountains chapter having served as chapter president, treasurer, newsletter editor, web-master, and plant sale co-chair.

He served on the Bureau of Land Management’s California Desert District Advisory Council for five years representing CNPS.

He is also the treasurer of the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, Inc., in Sun Valley (www.theodorepayne.org). Steve is a multimedia producer and has produced a series of iPhone wildflower field guides (www.hartmanmultimedia.com).