Book ID: 110217
Poinar, George O.
A Naturalist's Guide to Plant Communities of Pacific Northwest Dune Forests and Wetlands. 2019. (SIDA, Botanical Miscellany, 50). ca 500 col. photogr. X, 321 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The sand dunes of the Pacific Northwest coast are areas of superb evergreen dune forests with interspersed wetlands (ponds, lakes, bogs, marshes). These forest and wetland habitats contain distinctive keystone plant species that provide food and shelter for an associated range of other life forms, such as fungi, insect herbivores, pollinators and vertebrates. This book serves as a companion field guide that explores the ecology of these various plant communities, illustrating the various life forms with over 500 colour photographs taken by the author.