The two volumes by Guennel are new editions (2004) with more flowers and many good updates. Guennel presents his own beautiful watercolors and photographs and short but cogent descriptions.
Dr. Weber is the modern King of Colorado Botany and most other books about Colorado botany are based on his work. Weber's two volumes, Colorado Flora Eastern Slope and Western Slope are the essential keys for Colorado flora. The 2001 editions are being revised and may be available in 2010. Western Slope (2001) is out of print and not available from Amazon.
Komarek's book is a superb guide for the flora of the San Juans. It has detailed, easy to use keys, hundreds of excellent line drawings, 64 color photos, and it is all based on the author's extensive field work in the mountains and canyons near her home.
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The books listed below focus
on edible and medicinal uses of plants.
The books listed below were reviewed in issues of
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The first five rows below feature Amazon books by Colorado Native Plant Society members. Recent additions follow these books and at the bottom of the page you will find books that have been reviewed in Aquilegia, the newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant Society.
