North Woods Wildflowers and Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers
Doug Ladd
Once home to mythical creatures like Paul Bunyan, the woods of north-central and northeastern America and southeastern Canada teem with real-life wonders, too. North Woods Wildflowers (Falcon, $24.95), by botanist and veteran Nature Conservancy scientist Doug Ladd, offers the first comprehensive guide to wildflowers from Nova Scotia to Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, with descriptions and photos arranged by flower color.
Ladd performs an additional service with his field guide Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers (Falcon, $19.95), also arranged by flower color. Thorough and easy to use, the guide helps nature lovers spot hundreds of plants and reminds readers that even today’s prairie fragments are carpeted in color.
—Louis Bayard
