The Plants of the Appalachian Trail is a field guide to the AT and the species commonly found there curated and written by Dr. Kristen Wickert. Due out 11th June 2024 from Workman Publishing on their Timber Press imprint, it's 288 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.
Timber Press is well known for solidly usable gardening and nature tutorial guides and this is another winner. The information is logical, solid, up-to-date, and well arranged in an accessible and logical form. I don't think there's been a person on a nature walk who hasn't wondered what a particular plant was, and this book has good, accessible information for exactly that.
This book includes profiles for 398 species spread over several ecological areas and within a very broad range of species grouped into: trees, shrubs & vines, herbaceous plants, and fungi lichen & slime molds. Each short profile includes a color picture (generally in bloom, if applicable), the Latin binomial, and common name, range location along the AT, flower color, fruiting/blooming times, size, and natural habitat, along with a short background and info description.
Five stars. This is a very good field guide with lots of entries as well as ancillary information, resources for further reading, glossary, and cross referenced index. It would make an excellent choice for public or school library acquisition, home use, scouting/activity groups, and similar uses.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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