{"id":2966,"date":"2012-05-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2021-05-31T07:54:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:54:35","slug":"a-field-guide-to-eastern-forests-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2966","title":{"rendered":"A Field Guide to Eastern Forests: North America"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Field Guide to Eastern Forests: North America<\/a><\/em> (1988) John Kircher<\/a> and Gordon Morrison<\/p>\n

\"Eastern<\/a>A long time ago, way back when I was in college, I studied Biology with a focus on plants. Because I love plants. I think they’re fascinating. When we had apartments, I always had houseplants, and once we had our own home, one of the first things I did was to plant perennial flowers and shrubs all around.<\/p>\n

And of course when we travel, one of the things I love to do is visit botanical gardens and hike through forests and look at (and take pictures of<\/a>) the local flora.<\/p>\n

But recently I realized that I’d forgotten a LOT of what I learned in college. My identification skills are horrible, and I found that I couldn’t remember the different geographical areas as they relate to plants. (In my defense, my plant geography class was after lunch, and taught by a professor who spoke in a monotone and gave regular slide shows. I don’t think anyone stayed awake through it all.)<\/p>\n

So, I started picking up regional plant books when I travel, to hopefully remind myself of all the things I’d forgotten.<\/p>\n

Then I realized I had books on plants in Alaska, and the Rocky Mountains, but not my own forests. Which is rather silly. Which is how I ended up with the Peterson Field Guide. So I love this book? No. I have to say I much prefer the wester field guides published by Lone Pine. But it’s not horrible, and it’s slowly reminding me of all the things I’ve forgotten.<\/p>\n

Published by Houghton Mifflin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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