Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia and Surrounding States

The first field guide devoted exclusively to Georgia’s wildflowers, while also including a large number of plants found in neighboring states. Botanist Linda G. Chafin has organized the scientific information in a clear, logical, and accessible way.

Linda Chafin, Conservation Botanist, State Botanical Garden of Georgia, author ofField Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida (Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI), 2000) and co-author ofRare, Threatened and Endangered Species in Forests of Florida (FNAI, 2003) andField Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (State Botanical Garden of Georgia/Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance, dist. UGA Press, 2007).Hugh and Carol Nourse's photographs and writings about wildflowers have appeared inAmerican Gardener, Backpacker, Nature Photographer, and Wildflower magazines, and they have lectured widely on the subject. Volunteer photographers for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. The Nourses are the authors ofWildflowers of Georgia, The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, andFavorite Wildflower Walks in Georgia(all Georgia). Both have been officers in the Georgia Botanical Society. They are also members of the Georgia Native Plant Society and volunteers in the Botanical Guardians Project for the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance. They have been honored by the State Botanical Garden of Georgia for their volunteer work as photographers, and they received a grant from the Natural Heritage Program of the Department of Natural Resources to photograph rare plants for the program's image collection.