Newcomb's Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb
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Book Reviews of Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
Book Review: Black & White Is Good
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're looking for a field guide with pretty pictures of flowers, don't buy this guide. (The Audobon Society's field guide series has wonderful full color plates.) If you're looking for a field guide which will actually help you identify flowering plants, buy this guide! I have used it for both recreational observation and scientific research purposes, and it is user-friendly and accurate. The pictures are printed in black and white for a good reason- flower color is variable in nature, and color pictures could be misleading. Shape and structure (number of petals, etc) are much LESS variable, and thus better represented in black and white. Also, the dichotomous key structure of the guide makes it easy to quickly identify your specimens. Highly recommended (for Eastern United States only.)Book Review: A VERY VALUABLE GUIDE WHICH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Summary: 5 Stars
As an amateur photographer who specializes in flowering plants (and small critters), I tend to carry quite a few field guides with me on my very frequent wonderings with camera and dog. Newcomb's guide has been in the past, and continues to be one source I continually turn to when I come across a flowering plant giving me "name that plant" problems. The book is well designed, easy to use, has wonderful drawings and wonder descriptions. I personally feel the many black and white drawings add to the usefulness of the book as they are much more exact and detailed than many of the guides I use with actual color photographs. The book is compact and fits well into my field kit with the other guides I carry. I would hate to be without it. Highly recommend this one.Book Review: Biology students love this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have talked to all my classmates in my Field Biology class and they think this book is terrific. It's actually a required handbook for that class. Instead of returning it to get my money back, I decided to keep it to use in my biology classroom when I become a teacher. This is an easy to use book that has great pictures. I carry it with me when I go on nature hikes. I have yet to find a plant that is not in this book! If my biology teachers can realize the value of this book enough to make it required material, I am sure you will love this book. Whether you are a serious biologist, student, or someone that loves nature, this is the book for you.Book Review: Newcomb's is the best!
Summary: 5 Stars
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide is the best such guide available. As a botanical illustrator it's very important to me to see really accurate drawings -- this guide has them. Also I like very specific guidance about the plant, such as: number of petals, leaves opposite or alternate, type of fruit, etc. This guide tells you all the facts. Many so-called guides are organized by color, leaving you to flip through a sea of yellow-flower pages. Not Newcomb! He provides a rational and easy-to-follow key which leads you to the plant you seek.
This is not a new edition, but a reprinting with a nice new cover. THE BEST !!!!!
Book Review: Hands-down best (for the Northeast)
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the easiest-to-use and most thorough flower guide I've ever seen. Yes, most illustrations are black-and-white. It's an initial disappointment; however, the quick and sure five-step identification process is worth the lack of color (and the drawings are expertly done). It's much more complete than, say, the Audubon guide. Newcomb has yet to leave me stumped for the identity of any flowering plant. As has been noted, this guide is valid for the Northeast U.S., from Virginia-Kentucky up; and for Canada from Thunder Bay to Newfoundland. I wish the rest of you had a version -- it's indispensible.