Flowers of the Himalaya

Author: Oleg PoluninAdam Stainton/Publisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2000Language: EnglishPages: 580ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195641876 DescriptionWith 690 color photographs of plants taken in the field and 365 line drawings of plants, this is the first book of its kind, helping the reader to identify the wild flowers of the Himalayas, from Kashmir and Ladakh in the west, to the Nepal-Sikkim border in the east.The authors describe some 1500 species of flowers, found in the upper valleys, hills, and higher mountainous regions of the Indian subcontinent.The book gives details of where to go plant-hunting, and at what seasons of the year. There are over 690 color photographs of plants, taken in the filed, and 365 line drawings of plants, made in the field or from herbarium specimens. In all, more than a thousand species are illustrated here. Also included are descriptions of types of climate, geology, altitude effects, and the effects of man and animal on the vegetation, as well a