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North American Bioregional Field Guide/Resource List

NOTE: This list is not meant to inform you of Kamana resource replacements, but to inform you of resources that can supplement and/or enhance your bioregional research.

Please help us! If you want to add to this list of resources we already have for a bioregion OR give us information for a bioregion not listed here (WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAWAII!), please email the information to: director@kamana.org

Thanks to the Kamana students that supllied this list. Some resources or ISBN numbers might be out of date.

ROCKIES

SOUTHWEST

NORTHWEST U.S. AND WESTERN CANADA

GENERAL EASTERN

SOUTHEAST

GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY

ROCKIES

Flora of Glacier National Park
A regional field guide for botanists, not lay people, that contained a listing of every species of wildflower that grows in my bioregion. This proved to be an amazing resource
for Kamana 3 and 4.

Colorado Flora - Western Slope
Weber and Whitman. This volume is very complete but very scholarly and uses lots of botanical jargon.

Central Rocky Mountain Wildflowers
H. Wayne Phillips. 1999, Falcon Publishing Co.

Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Rockies
Linda Kershaw. 2000, Lone Pine Publishing ISBN 1-55105-229-6

I have found that the local conservation departments have some wonderful reference materials for regions and states. They also provide some good connections on where to find other information about very specific regions. A lot of my reference materials come from them. Check out my conservation department at www.conservation.state.mo.us and click on the store button. You will find a wide selection of books and tapes as well as free pamphlets about some things like wasps and mushrooms.

The Guide to Colorado Birds
Mary Taylor Gray. This is our "go to" book for the first look at a new bird in our area.

Bagging Big Bugs: How to Identify, Collect and Display the Largest and Most Colorful Insects of the Rocky Mountain Region
Cranshaw and Knodratieff. 1995, Fulcrum Publishing ISBN 1-55591-178-1, $16.95

Mammals of Colorado
Fitzgerald, et al, Denver Museum of Natural History, 1994, ISBN 0-87081-333-1, $59.95

Mammals of the Rocky Mountains
Fisher, Pattie, Hartson. 2000, Lone Pine Publishing.

Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains
H.D. Harrington. It provides native lore about the plants, many different uses for them, and even includes some recipes.

Guide to Colorado Wildflowers
Volume 1 Plains & Foothills, ISBN 1-56579-118- 5, 24.95
Volume 2 Mountains, ISBN 1-56579-119-3, $24.95
Guennel, G.K. 1995, Westcliffe Publisher. Photographs and watercolor for each plant, as well as descriptive info.

Rocky Mountain Flower Finder
Janet Wingate. 1990, Nature Study Guild Publisher ISBN 0-912550-20-1, $5.75
Easy to use key, small enough to fit into your pocket.

Best-Tasting Plants of Colorado and the Rockies
"Cattail" Bob Seebeck. 1998, Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-275-0, $17.95
Shows the plants in 4 stages of growth. The author also gives great plant walks!

Grassland to Glacier
Mutel and Emerick. 1992, Johnson Books ISBN 1-55566-089-4, $12.95
Great on ecological systems that we have in Colorado, from plains to alpine. Extensive discussions on the different climates, plants and animals for each area.

Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary
Ronald J Taylor. Mountain Press Publishing Co. 1992.

Idaho Mountain Wildflowers
A. Scott Earle, 2001.

Plants of the Rocky Mountains
Kershaw, MacKinnon, Pojar. 1998, Lone Pine ISBN 1-55105-088-9, $19.95
Good description and pictures of the plants, as well as some ethnobotany info.
Their book of coastal plants is a staple for us here in the northwest.

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary
James Harris, Melinda Harris. 1994 and 2001. This is a Kamana Four-type book but VERY awesome!

Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West.
Gregory Tilford. 1997.

Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees
Stephen Arno and Ramona Hammerly. 1977, The Mountaineers ISBN 0-916890-50-3
"My very favorite."

SOUTHWEST

Shrubs and Trees of Southwest Deserts
Bowers and Wignail

Shrubs and Trees of Southwest Uplands
Elmore and Janish
Both of these books are good for western Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.

Plants of Arizona
Anne Orm Epple

William W. Dunmire and Gail D. Tierney put together two books that are just awesome
resources:

Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners
(1997 Museum of New Mexico Press)
Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province
Both books look at common plants of the Southwest with a description of how they were used by the various native peoples in the region. The Pueblo Province book was published first and is pretty narrowly focused on the Rim and Canyon country around
Santa Fe, NM and all the Pueblos. They got such a good response to that book that they put together the one encompassing the Four Corners region (NM, AZ, CO, UT). I sincerely wish that there were books like these for every region of the country.

Flowering Plants of the Santa Monica Mountains, Coastal and Chaparral Regions of Southern California
Nancy Dalp. Capra Press 1986?
Indispensable for life from Santa Barbara to Tijuana (and regions south).

Reptiles and Amphibians of New Mexico

NORTHWEST U.S. AND WESTERN CANADA

Some great books by Nancy Turner:
Plant Technology of First Peoples in British Columbia
Food Plants of British Columbia Indians-Coastal Peoples
Food Plants of British Columbia Indians-Interior Peoples

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Pojar, Mackinnon (See our store on www.WildernessAwareness.org to order)

Northwestern Wild Berries
J.E. Underhill. ISBN 0888390270

Atlas of Oregon Wildlife
Csuti, Kimerling, O'Neil et al. Oregon State University Press 1997.

Trees to Know in Oregon #EC 1450 from Oregon State University. Extension Service and Oregon Dept. of Forestry reprinted Nov 1995

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest
Peter Alden and Dennis Paulson. 1998

GENERAL WESTERN
Weeds of the West
Tom Whitson. 2000, The Western Society of Weed Science ISBN 0756711827, $60.00
Good photographs and info.

Sibley Guide to Birds of Western North America
David Sibley

GENERAL EASTERN

Smithsonian Handbook "Birds of North America-Eastern Region"
Fred Alsop III

SOUTHEAST

Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States
Ralph W. Tiner. ISBN 0-87023-833-7

Seaside Plants of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts
Duncan and Duncan ISBN 0-87474-387-7

"Louisiana Conservationist" magazine
Published by LA Wildlife and Fisheries www.wlf.state.la.us/apps/netgear/page1.asp
Calendar great for info on migrations, fishing, birds, blooming plants etc.

GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY

Life on a Little-Known Planet.
Howard E. Evans 1966, 1968. Great bug book!

New Guide to Birds of North America
Thayer Birding Software. You can use this software to put together your own slide shows for your regions-a great way to quiz yourself.

Primitive Technology I and II
David Wescott