A plant ID book specially designed for digital viewing. Load it onto your tablet or phone and take it with you on hikes, camping trips or drives. It has tons of information but doesn’t weigh a thing!
Features 171 plants (see below for full list). Each entry includes:
- full-color photograph by the author, hi-res & optimized for i-device retina displays
- description of habitat, life-cycle, form and foliage
- translation of the “Latin name” into plain English
- how Native Americans used the plant for food, medicine, crafts and ceremony
- relationship of the plant to animals and insects as food, habitat, etc.
- other “gee whiz” facts about the plant and its place in the ecosystem
The book is sold as a package of five different digital formats.
Price: $7.49 (for all five formats)
The formats are EPUB, PDF, HTML, MOBI & AZW3. When you complete your purchase, you will be sent an email containing links to download any-or-all of them. All five are free of DRM (Digital Rights Management) so you can put them on as many of your devices as you want. (See below for features of the different file types.)
More details about the book:
Plants are organized by flower color, with special sections for trees and cacti. Within each section, plants are sorted by botanical family, which happens to group flowers by their general appearance and so is helpful for identification. Cited in the text are 37 Native American tribes and 138 species of animals, including 70 butterflies and moths and 22 mammals. Also included:
- Glossary of botanical terms
- Illustrated guide to leaf shapes
- Bibliographies of books and websites
- Appendix of commonly-used Latin & Greek root words in botanical names
- Index of Native American tribes, with lists of associated plants per tribe
- Index of animals and insects, with lists of associated plants per animal
- Indexes of all plants by family
- Indexes of all plants by common name
- Indexes of all plants by botanical name
In the HTML version, hyperlinks connect all the index entries to the plant profiles, and vice-versa, making for an interactive viewing and learning experience.
Complete list of plants:
TREES
Trees
- Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)
- California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera)
- California Juniper (Juniperus californica)
- Blue Palo Verde (Parkinsonia florida)
- Smoke Tree (Psorothamnus spinosus)
- Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
- Catsclaw Acacia (Senegalia greggii var. greggii)
- Turbinella Oak (Quercus turbinella)
- Singleleaf Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla)
- Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
- Goodding’s Willow (Salix gooddingii)
CACTI
Cacti
- Spinystar (Coryphantha alversonii)
- Teddybear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)
- Silver Cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa)
- Diamond Cholla (Cylindropuntia ramosissima)
- Clustered Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus polycephalus)
- Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii)
- Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus mojavensis)
- California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
- Fishhook Cactus (Mammillaria tetrancistra)
- Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris)
- Pancake Cactus (Opuntia chlorotica)
- Mojave Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha)
- Violet Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.)
WHITE & CREAM FLOWERS
White & Cream Flowers
- Mohave Yucca (Yucca schidigera)
- Skunkbush (Rhus aromatica)
- Nevada Biscuitroot (Lomatium nevadense var. parishii)
- Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)
- Desert Milkweed (Asclepias erosa)
- Scale Bud (Anisocoma acaulis)
- Desert Pincushion (Chaenactis fremontii)
- Stevia Pincusion (Chaenactis stevioides)
- White Tidy Tips (Layia glandulosa)
- Rock Daisy (Perityle emoryi)
- Slender Poreleaf (Porophyllum gracile)
- Desert Chicory (Rafinesquia neomexicana)
- Annual Wire Lettuce (Stephanomeria exigua)
- Skeleton Plant (Stephanomeria pauciflora)
- Desert-Willow (Chilopsis linearis)
- Narrow-Leaved Forget-Me-Not (Cryptantha angustifolia)
- Red-Rooted Forget-Me-Not (Cryptantha micrantha)
- Wingnut Forget-Me-Not (Cryptantha pterocarya)
- Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus)
- Plicate Coldenia (Tiquilia plicata)
- Alkali Draba (Cusickiella douglasii)
- Sand Fringe Pod (Thysanocarpus curvipes)
- Mojave Sandwort (Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia)
- Desert Starvine (Brandegea bigelovii)
- Cucamonga Manroot (Marah macrocarpus)
- Big-Berried Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca)
- White Margin Sand Mat (Euphorbia albomarginata)
- Sand Mat (Euphorbia polycarpa)
- Wild Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)
- White Sweetclover (Melilotus albus)
- Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon trichocalyx)
- Sandpaper Plant (Petalonyx thurberi)
- Wishbone Four O’Clock (Mirabilis laevis)
- Brown-Eyed Primrose (Chylismia claviformis)
- Dune Primrose (Oenothera deltoides)
- Flatbud Prickly Poppy (Argemone munita)
- Brittle Spineflower (Chorizanthe brevicornu)
- California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
- Palmer Buckwheat (Eriogonum palmerianum)
- Plumate Buckwheat (Eriogonum plumatella)
- Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
- Silverhair Mousetail (Ivesia argyrocoma var. argyrocoma)
- Desert Almond (Prunus fasciculata)
- Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa)
- Nolina (Nolina parryi)
- Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)
- Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)
- Coyote Tobacco (Nicotiana obtusifolia)
- Indian Tobacco (Nicotiana quadrivalvis)
PURPLE & BLUE FLOWERS
Purple & Blue Flowers
- Desert Parsley (Lomatium mohavense)
- Mojave Hole-in-the-Sand Plant (Nicolletia occidentalis)
- Parish’s Rockcress (Boechera parishii)
- Prince’s Rockcress (Boechera pulchra)
- Pursh’s Milkvetch (Astragalus purshii var. lectulus)
- Locoweed (Astragalus sp.)
- Grape Soda Lupine (Lupinus excubitus var. excubitus)
- Mojave Indigobush (Psorothamnus arborescens)
- Purple Mat (Nama demissum)
- Bluebell Phacelia (Phacelia campanularia)
- Distant Phacelia (Phacelia distans)
- Specter Phacelia (Phacelia pedicellata)
- Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
- Desert Lavender (Hyptis emoryi)
- California Chia (Salvia columbariae)
- Paper Bag Bush (Scutellaria mexicana)
- Desert Hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum)
- California Loosestrife (Lythrum californicum)
- Desert Sand-Verbena (Abronia villosa)
- Windmills (Allionia incarnata)
- Blue Mantle (Eriastrum densifolium)
- Desert Eriastrum (Eriastrum eremicum subsp. eremicum)
- Gilia (Gilia sp.)
- Southern Mountain Phlox (Phlox austromontana)
- Small-Flowered Collinsia (Collinsia parviflora)
RED & PINK FLOWERS
Red & Pink Flowers
- Woolly Brickellia (Brickellia incana)
- Spanish Needle (Palafoxia arida)
- Arrowweed (Pluchea saricea)
- Tumbleweed (Salsola tragus)
- Narrow-Leaved Stillingia (Stillingia linearifolia)
- Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
- Heronbill (Erodium cicutarium)
- White Ratany (Krameria bicolor)
- Stream Orchid (Epipactis gigantea)
- Desert Calico (Loeseliastrum matthewsii)
- Rose and White Buckwheat (Eriogonum gracillimum)
- Spotted Buckwheat (Eriogonum maculatum)
- Desert Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja angustifolia)
- Firecracker Penstemon (Penstemon eatonii)
YELLOW & ORANGE FLOWERS
Yellow & Orange Flowers
- Goldenhead (Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus)
- Orange Glandweed (Adenophyllum cooperi)
- Goldeneye (Bahiopsis parishii)
- Desert Marigold (Baileya multiradiata)
- Woolly Desert Marigold (Baileya pleniradiata)
- Yellow-Tack-Stem (Calycoseris parryi)
- Acton Encelia (Encelia actoni)
- Rayless Fleabane (Erigeron aphanactis var. congestus)
- Golden-Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum)
- Wallace’s Woolly Sunflower (Eriophyllum wallacei)
- Desert Dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata)
- Threadleaf Groundsel (Senecio flaccidus)
- Trixis (Trixis californica)
- Checker Fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessalata)
- Panamint Princesplume (Stanleya elata)
- Bladder Pod (Peritoma arborea)
- Four Wing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)
- Coyote Gourd (Cucurbita palmata)
- Deerweed (Acmispon glaber)
- Silky California Broom (Acmispon procumbens)
- Desert Rock Pea (Acmispon rigidus)
- Desert Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii)
- Desert Cassia (Senna armata)
- Whispering Bells (Emmenanthe penduliflora)
- Shining Blazing Star (Mentzelia nitens)
- Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)
- Hairy Suncup (Camissonia pubens)
- Golden Suncup (Chylismia brevipes)
- Hill Suncup (Tetrapteron graciliflorum)
- Pygmy Poppy (Eschscholzia minutiflora)
- Parish’s Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia parishii)
- Seep Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus)
- Golden Gilia (Linanthus aureus)
- Desert Trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum)
- Yellow Turban (Eriogonum pusillum)
- Kidney-Leaved Buckwheat (Eriogonum reniforme)
- Common Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
- Bush Beardtongue (Keckiella antirrhinoides)
- Yellow Ground Cherry (Physalis crassifolia)
- Golden Violet (Viola dougasii)
- Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
- Puncture Vine (Tribulus terrestris)
INCONSPICUOUS FLOWERS & NON-FLOWERING
Inconspicuous Flowers & Non-Flowering
- Annual Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
- White Burro-Sage (Ambrosia dumosa)
- Cheesebush (Ambrosia salsola)
- Povertyweed (Iva axillaris)
- Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)
- California Soap Plant (Chenopodium californicum
- California Ephedra (Ephedra californica)
- Hop-Sage (Grayia spinosa)
- California Croton (Croton californicus)
- New Mexico Silverbush (Ditaxis neomexicana)
- Desert Mistletoe (Phoradendron californicum)
- Juniper Mistletoe (Phoradendron densum)
- Wild Rhubarb (Rumex hymenosepalus)
- Coville’s Lip Fern (Cheilanthes covillei)
- Coyote Willow (Salix exigua var. exigua)
- Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)
- Hoary Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica subsp. holosericea)
Features of the different file types:
EPUB various e-readers are available on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. (We recommend Calibre, a popular, full-featured reader that is free of cost.) Text can be viewed in a scrolling layout, which is preferable for this book. No hyperlinks.
PDF various readers available for every operating system. Layout is in fixed pages, like a printed book. Only the Table of Contents has hyperlinks.
MOBI & AZW3 – for Kindle readers. AZW3 is the newer format. Scrolling layout unavailable due to limitations of device. No hyperlinks.
HTML – can be read with with any web browser (such as Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.). Displays the text in a scrolling layout, like a web site. Hundreds of internal hyperlinks for navigating through the text. Easy to zoom in super close on the photos. Allows you to browse the plants by thumbnail image, sorted by categories such as color, family, etc. This is the Author’s recommended format for enjoying the book.
