List of Useful

Reference Books

Atkinson, Scott and Fred Sharpe. Wild Plants of the San Juan Islands, Second Edition. Copyright 1985, 1993 by Scott Atkinson and Fred Sharpe. The Mountaineers: Seattle, WA.

Coffey, Timothy. The History and Folklore of North American Wildflowers. Copyright 1993 by Timothy Coffey. Facts On File: New York, NY.

Creso, Irene. Vascular Plants of Western Washington. Copyright 1984 by Irene Creso, D.H.L., Pacific Lutheran University. Irene Creso (Johnson Cox, Printers): Tacoma, WA.

Eliot, Willard Ayres (asst. by G. B. McLean). Forest Trees of the Pacific Coast. Including a Brief Account of the Outstanding Characters, Distribution and Habitat of the Trees Native to Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon; Most of Which are Also Found in Idaho and Northern California and Eastward to the Western Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Copyright 1938, Revised 1948, by Willard Ayres Eliot. G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York, NY.

Enari, Leonid, Ph.D. Plants of the Pacific Northwest. 663 Selected Northwest Wild Flowers, Shrubs, Trees and Weeds. Copyright 1956 by Binford & Mort, Publishers: Portland, OR.

Fernald, Merritt Lyndon. Gray's Manual of Botany: Eighth (Centennial) Edition--Illustrated. A handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Copyright 1950 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. American Book Company: New York, NY.

Gilkey, Helen and LaRea J. Dennis. Handbook of Northwestern Plants. Copyright 1967 by Oregon State University: Corvallis, OR

Gledhill, D. The Names of Plants, Second edition. Copyright 1985, 1989 by Cambridge University Press: Cambridge / New York, NY.

Griffiths, Anthony J. F. and Fred R. Ganders. Wildflower Genetics. A Field Guide for British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Copyright 1983 by Anthony J.F. Griffiths and Fred R. Ganders, University of British Columbia. Flight Press: Vancouver, BC.

Gunther, Erna. Ethnobotany of Western Washington. The Knowledge and Use of Indigenous Plants by Native Americans, Revised Edition. Originally published 1945 as Volume X, Number 1, of U. of Washington Publications in Anthropology. Revised edition copyright 1973 by University of Washington Press: Seattle, WA.

Huxley, Anthony. Mountain Flowers in Color. Copyright 1967 by Blandford Press Ltd. The Macmillan Company: New York, NY.

Larrison, Earl J., Grace W. Patrick, William H. Baker, and James A. Yaich. Washington Wildflowers: Including 1134 Species of Wildflowers Most Commonly Found In The State of Washington And Adjacent Areas of Oregon, Idaho, And British Columbia (The Trailside Series). Copyright 1974 by the Seattle Audobon Society: Seattle, WA.

Lyons, C. P. Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in Washington. Copyright 1956 by C. P. Lyons. J.M Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd.: Toronto.

Lyons, C. P. Wildflowers of Washington. Copyright 1997 by C. P. Lyons. Lone Pine Publishing: Renton, WA.

Ross, Robert A. and Henrietta L. Chambers. Wildflowers of the Western Cascades. Copyright 1988 by Timber Press: Portland, OR.

Swain, Su Zan Noguchi. Plants of Woodland and Wayside. Copyright 1958 by Su Zan N. Swain. Garden City Books: Garden City, NY. (*Good starter for young people.)

Time-Life Editors et al. The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening. 22 Volumes. Copyright ca. 1979 by Time-Life Books: Alexandria, VA.

Underhill, J. E. Northwestern Wild Berries. Copyright 1980 by J. E. Underhill. Hancock House Publishers (Ltd.): Blaine, WA / Surrey, BC.

West, Keith. How to Draw Plants: The techniques of botanical illustration. Copyright 1983 by Keith West. Watson-Guptill Publications: New York, NY.

Whitney, Stephen R. A Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics. Copyright 1983 by Stephen R. Whitney. The Mountaineers: Seattle, WA.

This list includes all of the books I have used as of August 1998 to identify plants found on this site. Some are current and available through bookstores. Others are out of print, and are harder to find. Most of those on my list were available through our public library system, which offers a request service to libraries throughout several surrounding counties. I would always appreciate any suggestions for other books you feel would be useful in continuing my research on plants found in the Pacific Northwest.
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