"Surely such a familiar landmark and its flora need no
introduction. But leaf through the book (or better yet, get Brown
and Choukas-Bradley to take you on a tour) and you realize that
while the rest of the world has been looking at Sugarloaf through a
telescope, this intrepid pair has been using a magnifying glass....
Their record of these trees and wildflowers] has become one of the
most complete guides to local upland flora available, and they hope
it will be used not just in other natural areas but in back yards
where people want to raise native plants themselves."-- "Washington
Post "
"In between a field guide and a botanical manual,
Choukas-Bradley and Brown have created a must-have... to tote into
the woods of Sugarloaf Mountain. The authors have included every
flowering plant they observed during ten years of extensive hiking
and exploration on Sugarloaf. This guide would be useful to any
naturalist, serious or casual, venturing into the wilds of the
Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada."-- "E-Streams "
"This book contains an easy-to-use, non-technical botanical key
for flowering plants--herbaceous and woody alike.... The author
describes each plant and its individual parts, all related species,
and details on the plant's growth habit, its natural range and
habitat, its bloom time, and where it can be found on Sugarloaf
Mt."-- "Solidago: The Newsletter of the Finger Lakes Native Plant
Society "
A thorough yet user-friendly companion to the authors' popular
paperback "Sugarloaf: The Mountain's History, Geology, and Natural
Lore, this volume is an exquisitely illustrated guide to 350
eastern woodland "wildflowers and trees found onsite at Sugarloaf
Mountain, Maryland. It includes a botanical key and an illustrated
glossary of common and scientific names, and is packed with nearly
400 elaborately and artistically detailed pen-and-ink drawings to
make plant identification simple and fun.
Melanie Choukas-Bradley is the author of "City of Trees: The
Complete Field Guide to the Trees of Washington, D.C. " and a
longtime contributor to the "Washington Post. " She teaches field
botany for the USDA Graduate School. Tina Thieme Brown has worked
as a landscape artist and environmentalist for twenty-five years.
She teaches art at the U.S. Botanic Garden, is an artist on the
Countryside Artisans Studio Tour, and creates art inspired by the
Sugarloaf Mountain countryside in her 1790s log cabin studio.
Choukas-Bradley and Brown lead Sugarloaf Mountain field trips for
the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States and
other organizations.
Published in association with the Center for American Places
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