The Definitive Guide
Including simple, yet authoritative, descriptions of sixty-seven of the most interesting plants found along the United States and Canadian shores, this guidebook is full of great information about coastal plants in the Great Lakes region.

Each plant description includes beautiful color photographs and line drawings for ease in identification. Wildlife and ethnobotanical uses add fascinating information about the plants. Distribution maps are included for easy reference.

Author, Ellen Elliott Weatherbee has taught botany at the University of Michigan for 25 years and is the founder of the Adult Education Program at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor. 

Michigan Sea Grant produced a full-color coastal plants diagram and submitted original plants photography for this guidebook.

This publication is a combined effort between Michigan Sea Grant and the University of Michigan Press. This is the first publication in a series of books about the Great Lakes coast.