Plant Guides

Become a young botanist. Learn all about native plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs. Professional entomologist Jaret C. Daniels presents a kids’...

This on-the-go guide is perfect for new foragers eager to learn about the edible plants they’re most likely to find, no matter what region they’re ...

Individuals can’t save the world alone. But if millions of us work together to save our own patch of earth—then we really have a shot. How do we do...

With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make wildflower identification simple, informative, and p...

Native Plants of the Midwest, by regional plant expert Alan Branhagan, features the best native plants in the heartland and offers clear and concis...

A fantastic visual guide to mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Da...

Foraging involves finding, identifying and harvesting wild edible plants. It is a healthy outdoor activity that puts one in touch with nature and p...

An essential guide to rearing butterflies and moths in a butterfly-friendly garden.This outstanding guidebook is for butterfly lovers and gardeners...

Roadside Wildflowers is a pocket reference guide printed on laminate material and folds for easy storage and retrieval. Detailed illustrations of c...

Learn what’s edible and what to avoid with this easy-to-use field guide. The nearly 200 species in this revised and updated book are organized by c...

Gardeners who are intrigued by the possibilities of native plants will find this treatment of seed collection and germination, from native annuals ...

Gleason’s Plants of Michigan is a major revision and expansion of The Plants of Michigan by Henry A. Gleason—the 1918 classic field guide to the fl...

Shrubs and vines are some of the most diverse and widespread plants in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Shrubs and Vines is the must-h...

Discover the natural wonders of the Midwest with the Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of the Midwest—your essential companion for exploring one of Ame...

Head outside and learn about the amazing plants and flowers all around! In the seventh book of the Backpack Explorer series, junior naturalists sea...

Each spring in the United States, old-timers and new converts to morel hunting appear in the woods in search of the elusive but distin...

This splendid book traces the journeys of more than 80 pioneering botanists who explored the unknown world and collected thousands of unusual plant...

Learn to Identify Trees in Michigan! With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identifica...

Wildflowers of the Midwest is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of the region. This m...

Did you know . . . ? Michigan is seventeenth in oil production in the United States. The Great Lakes are said to be the only glacially produced st...

Completely revised and updated, this new edition of The Forests of Michigan takes a comprehensive look at the natural history, ecology, management...

If you buy one tree guide this year, this should be it. Now in its tenth decade of publication, Michigan Trees is the must-have referen...

Michigan’s ferns and lycophytes are among the state’s most fascinating plants. The species in these groups exhibit incredibly diverse l...

Unlock the secrets of ferns with this delightful pocket-sized companion! Perfect for curious hikers, campers, and nature lovers exploring central a...