Suggested Books and Field Guides

Mammals & Tracking —Reptiles & Amphibians—Birds —Plants—Edible, Medicinal Plants —
Bugs—Natural and Cultural History—Fungi

I do not sell these books but check with your local, independent book seller or university book store.
You may also get them on-line at Powell's Books (Portland, OR) where you may get it used or new.

Mammals & Tracking

Mammals of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coast to the High Cascades
by Chris Maser. 2003 Oregon State University Press

Mammals of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
by Nara Bowers, Rick Bowers & Kenn Kaufman. 2004 Houghton Mifflin Company

Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
by Mark Elbroch. 2003 Stackpole Books

Bird Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
by Mark Elbroch. 2001 Stackpole Books

A Field Guide to Animal Tracks (Peterson Field Guides)
by Olaus J. Murie. 2005 Houghton Mifflin Company

Skull and Bones
by Glenn Searfross. 1995 Stackpole Books

Animal Skulls: A Guide to North American Species
by Mark Elbroch. 2006 Stackpole Books

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Reptiles of Washington and Oregon
by Robert M Storm. 1995 Seattle Audubon Society

Amphibians of Washington and Oregon
by Robert M Storm. 1995 Seattle Audubon Society

Reptiles of the Northwest, California to Alaska, Rockies to the Coast
by Alan St. John. 2002 Lone Pine Publishing

Amphibians of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia - Revised and Updated
by Charlotte Corkran and Chris Thoms. 2006 Lone Pine Publishing

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Birds

Birds of the Willamette Valley Region. (recommended for my birding students)
Harry Nehls, Tom Aversa and Hal Opperman. 2004 R.W. Morse Company

Birds of Oregon, A General Reference.
David B. Marshall, Matthew G. Hunter and Alan L. Contreras. 2003 OSU Press

The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.
John K. Terres. 1991 Wings Books.

Bird Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
by Mark Elbroch. 2001 Stackpole Books

The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds
by Paul R Ehrlich. 1988 Fireside Books

The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong with CD (Audio)
by Donald E. Kroodsma. 2005 Houghton Mifflin Company

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Plants

Handbook of Northwestern Plants
by Helen Margar Gilkey. 2001 Oregon State University Press

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast - Revised, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska
by Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon. 2004 Lone Pine Publishing

Northwest Weeds: The Ugly and Beautiful Villains of Fields, Gardens, and Roadsides
by Ronald J Taylor. 1990 Mountain Press Publishing Company

Weeds a Golden Guide
by Alexander Martin. 2003 St. Martin's Press

Wildflowers of Marys Peak Meadows, A Pocket Guide
by Steven E. Carpenter, Ph. D. 2009

Come Walk Through Spring with Bessie Gragg Murphy and Her Willamette Valley Wildflowers
by F. P. Stillwell. 2000 published by the author. 541-752-1720

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Edible, Medical Plants

Wild Edible Plants of Western North America
By Donald R. Kirk and Janice Kirk. 2003 Naturegraph Publishers

Western Medicial Plants and Herbs (Peterson Field Guides)
by Steven Foster and Christopher Hobbs. 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company

Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants
by Christopher Nyerges. 1999 Chicago Review Press, Inc.

Wild Berries of the West
by Betty B. Derig and Margaret C. Fuller. 2001 Mountain Press Puiblishing Company

Venomous Animals & Poisonous Plants (Peterson Field Guides)
by Steven Foster and Roger Caras. 1994 Houghton Mifflin Company

Edible Wild Plants, Eastern/Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)
by Lee Allen Peterson. 1977 Houghton Mifflin Company

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Bugs

Insects of the Pacific Northwest (Timber Press Field Guide)
by Peter Haggard & Judy Haggard. 2005 Timber Press

Butterflies of Cascadia: A Field Guide to All the Species of Washington, Oregon, and Surrounding Territories
by Robert Michael Pyle. 2002 Seattle Audubon Society

Butterflies Through Binoculars, The West
by Jeffrey Glassberg. 2001 Oxford University Press

Life on a Little Known Planet,
by Howard Ensign Evans. 1968 Lyons & Burford

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Natural and Cultural History

American Wildlife & Plants, A Guide To Wildlife Food Habits
by A. Martin, H. Zim & A. Nelson. 1951 Dover Publications

The Great Northwest Nature Factbook
by Ann Saling. 1991 Alaska Northwest Books

Cascade, Olympic Natural History
by Daniel Mathews.Raven Editions

The World of the Kalapuya, A Native People of Western Oregon.
Judy Rycraft Juntunen, May D. Dasch & Ann Bennett Rogers. 2005 Benton County Historical Society and Museum.
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Fungi

Mushrooms Demystified 2ND Edition
by David Arora. 1986 Ten Speed Press

All That the Rain Promises, and More...: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms
by David Arora. 2003 Ten Speed Press

A Field Guide to Mushrooms North America (Peterson Field Guides)
by Kent H McKnight and Vera B McKnight. 1987 Houghton Mifflin Company

Mushroom of North America
by Orson K Miller Jr. 1978 EP Dutton

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