Cascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains

by Daniel Mathews

Overview

“A love poem to the living things that inhabit the mountains and rivers of Washington, coastal Oregon, and southwestern British Columbia.” —Saul Weisberg, executive director, North Cascades Institute
 
More than just a field guide, Cascadia Revealed is the essential trailside reference for naturalists, hikers, and campers. With engaging prose and precise science, Dan Mathews brings the mountains alive with stories of their formation and profiles of the plants, animals, and people that live there. This is the perfect overview to help you discover the wonders of the region.

• Covers the Coast and Cascade Ranges, the Olympic Mountains, the Ranges of Vancouver Island, and the Coast Mountains of southwestern British Columbia
• Describes more than 950 species of plants and animals
• User-friendly, color-coded layout, with helpful keys for easy identification

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643261133
Publisher:	Timber Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/11/2021
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	584
Sales rank:	827,486
File size:	60 MB
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About the Author

Daniel Mathews lives for backpacking and hiking in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of America From the Air and Rocky Mountain Natural History. 

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Acknowledgments 7

Organization 8

Naming 12

Landscape 17

Climate 32

Conifers 46

Flowering Trees and Shrubs 98

Flowering Herbs 153

Ferns, Clubmosses, and Horsetails 275

Mosses and Liverworts 286

Fungi and Lichens 299

Mammals 337

Reptiles 440

Amphibians 444

Fish 452

Insects 463

Other Creatures 501

Geology 506

Keeping Track 536

Abbreviations and Symbols 538

Glossary 539

Resources 549

Sources of Direct Quotations 554

Photography Credits 556

Index 559