Native Plant Book List by Title

Native Plant Book List by Title

These books are offered for sale by the El Dorado Chapter. Some of the books are offered as reduced price, which you will see noted as “(RP)” in the list. Members receive a 10% discount (but not on reduced-price books).

Book Title Author
All that the Rain Promises, & More… David Arora
Birds of Northern CA David Fix and Andy Bezener
Birds of the Sacramento Valley (Map Format) John Muir Laws
Botany for Gardeners 3rd Edition (RP) Brian Capon
Butterfly Gardening Xerces Society & The Smithsonian Institution
Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of CA & NV (RP) Stephen Ingram
California Bees and Blooms Frankie, Thorp, Coville & Ertter
California Foraging Judith Larner Lowry
California Lichens 2nd Edition Janet Doell
California Native Gardening [A Month by Month Guide] Helen Popper
California Native Landscape (The) Greg Rubin & Nancy Warren
California Native Plants for the Garden Borenstein, Fross & O’Brien
California Wildlife Habitat Garden Nancy Bauer
California’s Botanical Landscapes M.G. Barbour, J.M. Evens, T. Keeler-Wolf, J.O. Sawyer
California’s Eastern Sierra (A Visitors Guide) Sue Irwin
Coast Redwood: A Natural & Cultural History Barbour, Lydon, Borchert, Popper et al
Conscientious Gardener (The) Cultivating a Garden Ethic Sarah Hayden Reichard
Conifers of California Ronald M. Lanner
Deeper than Gold Brian Bibby
Designing California Native Gardens Glenn Keator & Alrie Middlebrook
Field Guide to Butterflies of SF and Sac Valley Arthur M. Shapiro & Timothy D. Manolis
Field Guide to Grasses of California James P. Smith, Jr.
Field Guide to Manzanitas M. Kauffmann, T. Parker, and M. Vasey
Field Guide to the Sedges of the Pacific Northwest (RP) Wilson, Brainerd, Lytjen, Newhouse et al
Fifty Wildflowers of Bear Valley (RP) John Game & Richards Lyon
Growing California Native Plants (2nd Edition) Marjorie G. Schmidt & Katherine Greenberg
Hardy Californians (A Woman’s Life with Native Plants) Lester Rowntree
Hiking Oregon and California’s Wild Rivers Country Justin Rohde
Jepson Prairie Preserve Handbook (3rd ed) Carol Witham & Kate Mawdsley, Editors
Landscaping Ideas of Jays Judith Larner Lowry
Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada John Muir Laws
Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (RP) H. Wayne Phillips
Lichens of California (RP) Mason E. Hale & Mariette Cole
Living Wild Alicia Funk & Karin Kaufman
Native Plants for High-Elevation Western Gardens Janice Busco & Nancy R. Morin
Native Treasures: Gardening with the Plants of California Nevin Smith
Natural Enemies Handbook (Illus Guide to Biological Pest Control) Mary Louise Flint & Steve H. Dreistadt
Natural History of Point Reyes Peninsula (RP) Jules G. Evens
Northern CA Nature Guide Erin McCloskey
Oaks of California (2014 ed) Pavik, Muick, Johnson & Popper
Outdoor World of Sacramento Region The American River Natural History Assn.
Pacific States Wildflowers Theodore F. Niehaus & Charles L. Ripper
Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (RP) H. Wayne Phillips
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast (RP) Jim Pojar & Andy MacKinnon (Editors)
Plants of the Tahoe Basin Michael Graf
Pollinator Conservation Handbook (The) Xerces Society
Rare Lilies of California (RP) Peggy Lee Fiedler
Reimagining the Lawn Borenstein, Fross & O’Brien
Rock Creek Wildflowers (Little Lakes Valley/Sierra Nevadas) Cathy Rose
Saving Open Space (RP) Daniel Press
Secrets of the Oak Woodlands Kate Marianchild
Seed Propagation of Native CA Plants (By Special Order) Dara E. Emery
Sierra Birds: A Hiker’s Guide John Muir Laws
Sierra Stories Gary Noy
Story of the Dogface Butterfly (The) A Children’s Book Fran Keller
Teaming with Microbes (RP) Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis
Teaming with Nutrients (RP) Jeff Lowenfels
This Land: A Guide to W. National Forests (RP) Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Trees & Shrubs of Nevada and Placer Counties Redbud Chapter CNPS
Trees & Shrubs of California John D. Stuart & John O. Sawyer
Wallace Stegner and the American West (RP) Phillip L. Fradkin
Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties Redbud Chapter Calornia Native Plant Society
Wildflowers of the Eastern Sierra Laird R. Blackwell