The Mountains of California (Legacy Ed.) by John Muir;
The CA Deserts by Bruck Pavlov
7 chapters (apps 25–35 in length) from Terrestrial Vegetation of CA by Barbour, Keeler-Wolf and Allan Schoenher (book is 700+ pages, and focuses all over the state so I pulled the few chapters on local trees I am looking into and the local ecology)
An Island Called California by Elma Bakker & Gordy Slack
Geology Underfoot in Southern California by Sylvester & Sharp
Wild Catalina Island by Frank Hein
Introduction to Plant Life by Rundel and Gustafson
A natural History of California by Alan Schneider (well known for natural history it appears as he is all over the field guides for the state)
Fire, Chaparral and Survival in So Cal by Richard Halsey
The first and last ones i an looking super forward to because i feel they are elements of southern california everyone should read lol
I have 8 of the 9 books so far, approved yesterday. I live in Syracuse, so I chose books on NY and the Finger Lakes Region specifically, when possible.
If anyone has a good recommendation for a book on limnology or NY lakes, that is the type I am still on the look out for!
Trees of New York Field Guide (Tree Identification Guides) – April 12, 2022 - by Stan Tekiela
The Finger Lakes Region: Its Origin and Nature – March 22, 1988 - by O. D. von Engeln
Finger Lakes Almanac: A Guide to the Natural Year - by Margaret Miller
Lake Effect: Tales of large lakes, artic winds, and recurrent snows. Syracuse University Press; Syracuse, NY.- Monmonier, M. (2012).
A Beginner’s Guide to Recognizing Trees of the Northeast – October 3, 2017 - by Mark Mikolas
Smith Woods: The Environmental History of an Old Growth Forest Remnant in Central New York State - by Warren D. Allmon
Nature guide to the northern forest: Exploring the ecology of the forests of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. Appalachian Mountain Club Books; Boston, MA. - Marchand, P. (2010).
New York wildlife encyclopedia: An illustrated guide to birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Skyhorse Publishing; Battleboro, VT - Shupe S. (2018).
I found a few of these from a post on this forum, so thank you fellow New Yorkers
Having moved to Minnesota (on a border of the the North Central Hardwoods and Western Corn Belt Plains), I revisited my reading list. Some of these came from the U of Minnesota Master Naturalist program. If anyone is having trouble coming up with readings, see if the local university has such an program as part of their extension services.
Minnesota’s Natural Heritage: An Ecological Perspective by Tester, John R.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program. 1993. Minnesota’s native vegetation: a key to natural communities. version 1.5. St. Paul, MN: The Program. Retrieved from: https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nhnrp/nckey.pdf
Minnesota. Scientific and Natural Areas Program. A Guide to Minnesota’s scientific and natural areas. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Dept. Of Natural Resources, Section of Wildlife, Scientific and Natural Areas Program.
Birds of Minnesota Field Guide by Tekiela, Stan
Trees of Minnesota by Tekiela, Stan
Minnesota’s Geology by Ojakangas, Richard W.
Butterflies of the Northern Woods by Weber, Larry
Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers: A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between by Root, Phyllis
Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota by Moriarty, John J.
I live in the Appalachian Forest area of Northeast Tennessee, between the North and South forks of the Holston River. This is the reading list I collected.
Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee: The Complete Winter Guide to Their Identification and Use, Ronald Jones and Eugene Wofford
Mushrooms of the Southeast, Todd F. Elliott & Steven L. Stephenson
Southeast Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 106 Wild Herbs for Wellness, Shane Coreypine
Natural Histories: Stories from the Tennessee Valley, Stephen Bales
Nature of Oaks, Douglass Telamy
Gardening With The Native Plants Of Tennessee: The Spirit Of Place, Margie Hunter
Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, E. Lucy Braun
Identifying Trees of the East, Micheal Williams
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee, Edward Chester
That’s exciting! I think I saw another member say they lived near Albany. It would be neat if maybe we could plan something for the summer solstice when the weather is more cooperative.
Here are the nine approved books for my study. I live in SW Ohio in the Loamy High Lime Till section of the Eastern Corn Belt Plains.
A Peterson Field Guide To Eastern Forests by John Kricher
The Woods: The Natural History of an Acre in Southwestern Ohio by Carol Trosset
Forest Types of Southwest Ohio and Southeast Indiana: A methodology for identifying, projecting, and restoring our 8 local forest types by Indigenous Landscapes
Trees of Ohio Field Guide by Stan Tekiela
Know the Natives: Native Ohio Plants by Colin Ross
Moods of the Ohio Moons: Outdoorsman’s Almanac by Merrill C. Gilfillan
Natural History of the Cincinnati Region by Stanley Hedeen
1.Mountains and Plains: The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes / Edition 2 by Dennis H.
Knight, George P. Jones, William A. Reiners, William H. Romme
2.Plants of the Rocky Mountains by Linda Kershaw, Jim Pojar, and Andy MacKinnon
3.A Peterson Field Guide To Western Medicinal Plants And Herbs by Christopher
Hobbs and Steven Foster
4.Ancient Landscapes of Western North America: A Geologic History with
Paleogeographic Maps by Ronald C. Blakey , Wayne D. Ranney
5.Birds of Wyoming Field Guide: Includes Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks by
Steven Tekiela
6.Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers: A Rocky Mountain Ecology by George Constantz
7.Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States by Charles W. Kane
8.Rocky Mountain Natural History: Grand Teton to Jasper by Daniel Mathews
9.Meet the Natives: An Easy Way to Recognize Rocky Mountain Wildflowers, Trees,
and Shrubs by M. Walter Pesman. 1952.
Thanks for posting, I’ll be restarting soon (long story) and i remember having a difficult time finding books for my bioregion (south central Idaho, about 45 minutes from Jackpot, Nevada). Possibly some of these may work for me as well.