Southern Ontario features some of the most diverse landscapes in the country and includes unique ecological regions. This field guide covers the Greater Ontario Area and cottage country north to Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and North Bay, from Windsor to Ottawa, as well as the Bruce Trail from Niagara Falls to Tobermory, Frontenac-Rideau Lakes, Point Pelee National Park, Manitoulin Island and Algonquin Provincial Park: - 760 species in 138 plant families - trees, shrubs and vines, wildflowers, grasses, rushes, sedges and ferns - extraordinarily beautiful photographs - common and scientific names - clear, concise text that helps with plant identification - intriguing notes providing information about habitat, ecology, similar species, edibility, traditional uses and origins of plant names

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France Royer is a self-taught photographer. Richard Dickinson is a research associate of the Royal Ontario Museum and a graduate of the University of Alberta (B.Sc., Physical Geography). France and Richard have been working together since 1989 and operate a botanical and photographic service company. Their other titles with the University of Alberta Press are Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States, Wildflowers of Edmonton & Central Alberta, and Wildflowers of Calgary & Southern Alberta. Another of their works, Plants of Alberta was published by Lone Pine Publishing.

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