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Book review
by David Lukas
Sunset Magazine, May, 2002
This
year, you don't have to visit Yosemite National Park to get a load of its
wonderful wildflower show. Finally available after 20 years, the monumental
Illustrated Flora of Yosemite National Park details every plant
known there -- 1,338 natives and 127 non-native species, including most of
the flowers, grasses, sedges, and rushes found throughout the entire Sierra
Nevada.
Author Stephen Botti spent 17 years on rare plant preservation and vegetation mapping in the park; illustrator Walter Sydoriak, who is also a biologist and computer programmer, was employed by the National Park Service from 1980 to 2001.
Lavishly produced in a classic Victorian style with more than 1,000 watercolor paintings, this book is more than a reference manual -- it's a work of art.
For more information
about the flora, call (209) 379-2648, or click
here.
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