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Canoe Country Flora Plants and Trees of the North Woods and Boundary Waters Mark Stensaas |
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The vast North Woods, a land magnificently arrayed in the deep greens of pine, spruce, and fir and the brilliant blues of crystal clear lakes, spans the area from Minnesota to Maine and from Michigan to Hudson Bay. With a little help from Canoe Country Flora, keen explorers will discover a world full of life and wonder in the plants that thrive in this beautiful lake country. Canoe Country Flora, a friendly field guide, introduces you to ninety-six of the most common trees, shrubs, wildflowers, fungi, ferns, lichens, and other plants you're likely to encounter during your travels north. Detailed line drawings and brief plant profiles help you recognize what you're seeing, while "Sparky" Stensaas's intriguing tales draw you into a deeper study of the plants' natural and cultural histories. Each plant is made identifiable and memorable by fascinating facts, handy checklists, diagrams and charts, and interesting activities that help adults and children learn by discovery. Use this book as your guide to a unique North Woods adventure. "Mark 'Sparky' Stensaas has created one of the most user-friendly nature guides seen by humans, bears or mosquitoes." —Rochester Post-Bulletin "Stensaas has created an absorbing, practical field guide. This book is guaranteed to enrich many of your wildlife encounters and satisfy the curious naturalist and the northern traveler. Upbeat, easy to read, and stuffed full of interesting anecdotes and local folklore/Ojibwa stories, habitat and behavior observations." —Woodswomen News Mark "Sparky" Stensaas is the buyer and marketing director for Duluth Pack. Formerly a ranger for the National Park Service, biologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, stuntman for Walt Disney, and pizza deliverer, he currently freelances as naturalist for the Smithsonian Institution, Wilderness Inquiry, The Nature Conservancy, various six-grade classes, and just about anyone who will listen. Sparky now lives in a one-room cabin he built on five acres of white pines in Carlton County, Minnesota. He is the author of Canoe Country Wildlife. 224 pages | 107 illustrations | 1996 |
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