Reader's Digest North American Wildlife: An Illustrated Guide to 2,000 Plants and Animals

559, [17] pp. 8vo. Color-coded sections. "Beautiful, specially drawn full-color illustrations depict more than 700 different species of wildflowers. Plants are grouped by botanical families. At-a-glance identification capsules pinpoint the characteristic textures, shapes and color, as well as habitat, scent, and blooming time." CONTENTS: Wildlife communities; MAMMALS: introduction; land and freshwater mammals; marine mammals; BIRDS: introduction; birds with distinctive traits; aquatic birds; land birds; REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS: reptile introduction; alligators; turtles; lizards; snakes; amphibian introduction; salamanders; toads; frogs; FISH: introduction; fish; INVERTEBRATES: mollusk introduction; seashells and other mollusks; insect introduction; insects and relatives; aquatic invertebrates; TREES AND SHRUBS: introduction; conifers; broad-leaved trees; broad-leaved shrubs; WILDFLOWERS: introduction; indentification chart; wildflowers; NONFLOWERING PLANTS: introduction; ferns and relatives; mosses and liverworts; seaweeds; lichens; MUSHROOMS: introduction; gilled mushrooms; other fungi; index and credits.