A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region - (Southern Gateways Guides) by Bruce A Sorrie (Paperback)

About the Book

Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Book Synopsis

Featuring over 600 wildflowers, flowering shrubs, and vines, this user-friendly field guide is the first to focus on the rare, fragile lands and species of the Sandhills region of the Carolinas and Georgia. Characterized by longleaf pine forests, rolling hills, abundant blackwater streams, several major rivers, and porous sandy soils, the Sandhills region stretches from Fayetteville, North Carolina, southwest to Columbus, Georgia, and represents the farthest advance of the Atlantic Ocean some 2 million years ago.

Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region is arranged by habitat, with color tabs to facilitate easy browsing of the nine different natural communities whose plants are described here. Bruce A. Sorrie, a botanist with over 30 years of experience, includes common plants, region-specific endemics, and local rarities, each with its own species description, and over 540 color photos for easy identification. The field guide's opening section includes an introduction to the Sandhills region's geology, soil types, and special relationship to fire ecology; an overview of rare species and present conservation efforts; a glossary and key to flower and leaf structures; and a listing of gardens, preserves, and parklands in the Sandhills region and nearby where wildflowers can be seen and appreciated. Wildflower enthusiasts and professional naturalists alike will find this comprehensive guide extremely useful.

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Review Quotes

"Wildflower enthusiasts and professional naturalists alike will find this comprehensive guide extremely useful."
-"McCormick Messenger"

"Focusing on the unique flora and plant communities of the Sandhills, this excellent field guide will be a valuable resource for the general public and trained botanists alike. Bruce Sorrie brings important conservation attention to this beautiful, under-valued region, encouraging readers to get to know, love, and preserve this area."--Linda Chafin, State Botanical Garden of Georgia

About the Author

Bruce A. Sorrie started his career as a photographer in the U.S. Navy and then held various positions as an ornithologist before it became clear that his deepening interest in plants was pointing toward a career in botany. Now 30 years into his botany career, Bruce is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the flora of the Coastal Plain, which extends from Massachusetts to Texas. He works as an inventory biologist with the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, where he performs county-by-county surveys of natural areas, habitats, and rare species in the Sandhills region and lower Piedmont. Bruce is author of over 50 published papers, a regional reviewer for the Flora of North America series, a research associate at the University of North Carolina herbarium, and a photographer. Birding remains his most enthusiastic hobby, which he pursues throughout the Americas, with Brazil and Jamaica being his most recent trips. Bruce lives in Whispering Pines, N.C.