| Title | Author | Comments |
| Cacti | Venning, Frank D. | This Golden Guide introduces one to numerous cacti species found in both North and South America. |
| Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti | Innes, Clive | With over 1200 species illustrated with several sentences of text for each species, this large format book can serve as an excellent introduction to the cactus family, and yet serve as a reference for the more serious student. Species are shown in alphabetical sequence by genus. |
| Plants of the Tahoe Basin | Graf, Michael | This 308 page book is one of the better local floral field guides. This book covers over 600 species of vascular plants with over 380 color photographs. (Lake Tahoe is a famous resort area near the border of Nevada and California in the United States.) |
| Hutchinson Dictionary of Plant Names - Common and Botanical | Bagust, Harold | This small format book contains a cross reference between common and scientific names for many species of plants. |
| Northland Wild Flowers | Moyle, John B. | This is a field guide to the wildflowers of Minnesota and adjoining areas. About 300 speices are pictured with color photographs and described. |
| Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World | Sturtevant | A very old work, but still of good value as it covers most species of plants that are grown for food iln the world. There are 686 pages of text. |
| Adirondack Uploand Flora | Kudish, Michael | This 315 page book is essentially a field guide and environmental guide to the plants of the Adirondack Mountanis of New York State in North America. |
| Wildflowers of the World | Everhard, Barbara | With 192 full color paintings where each painting depicts from two to eight species, this large format 430 page book book gives a good overview of the exotic plants of the world. |
| Perennials - Volume 2 Late Perennials | Phillips, Roger | Another excellent book in the series with gardeners and naturalists in mind. 252 pages in large format with about four color photos per page. |
| Perennials - Volume 1 Early Perennials | Phillips, Roger | Another excellent book in the series with gardeners and naturalists in mind. 240 pages in large format with about four or five color photos per page for a total of 1,250 plants. |
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