Catalog
Wildflower Field Guides
Wildflower Guides Available from Curious By Nature
Each field guide offers a month-by-month listing (March through October) of blooming wildflowers in their order of appearance. All field guides include a description of every species that I observed, each illustrated with a full color photograph. Every field guide contains a table of contents, trail map and a list of technical references for more information. Field guides may be downloaded from this page; each is available either as a PDF or a PowerPoint Show. I hope you find all of them useful.
Available guides include:
- 100 Acre Wood (Town of Malta)
- Anchor Diamond Park at Hawkwood (Town of Ballston)
- Ann Lee Pond Nature and Historic Preserve (Town of Colonie)
- Ashford Glen Preserve (Town of Colonie)
- Ballston Creek Preserve (Town of Ballston)
- Balsam Way Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
- Bauer Environmental Park (Town of Colonie)
- Community Connector Trail (Towns of Clifton Park and Halfmoon)
- Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
- Fox Preserve (Town of Colonie)
- Garnsey Park (Town of Clifton Park)
- Hayes Nature Park (Town of Clifton Park)
- Historic Champlain Canalway Trail (Towns of Halfmoon and Waterford)
- Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail (portion from City of Cohoes through Town of Colonie)
- Mohawk Landing Nature Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
- North Woods Nature Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
- Old Iron Spring Fitness Trail (Town of Ballston)
- Peter Desrochers Memorial Country Knolls Trails (Town of Clifton Park)
- Settlers Hill Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
- Shenantaha Creek Park (Town of Malta)
- Stillwater Multi-Use Trail (Town of Stillwater)
- Summer Hill Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
- Swatling Falls Nature Trails (Town of Halfmoon)
- Town Park (Town of Halfmoon)
- Ushers Road State Forest (Towns of Clifton Park and Halfmoon)
- Veterans Bike Path (Town of Ballston)
- Veterans Memorial Park (Town of Clifton Park) - expanded 2nd edition now available!
- Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
- West Sky Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
- Woodcock Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
- Zim Smith Trail (Towns of Ballston, Clifton Park, Halfmoon and Malta)
100 Acre Wood
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 25.9MB) contains 245 species.
Anchor Diamond Park at Hawkwood
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 130.2MB) contains 224 species.
Ann Lee Pond Nature & Historic Preserve
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.0MB) contains 347 species.
Ashford Glen Preserve
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 76.2MB) contains 149 species.
Ballston Creek Preserve
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.5MB) contains 227 species.
Balsam Way Natural Area
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 27.1MB) contains 207 species.
Bauer Environmental Park
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 128.0MB) contains 209 species.
Community Connector Trail
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 370.0MB) contains 340 species.
Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 283.8MB) contains 283 species.
Fox Preserve
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 214.0MB) contains 200 species.
Garnsey Park
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.9MB) contains 231 species.
Hayes Nature Park
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 12.2MB) contains 277 species.
Historic Champlain Canalway Trail
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 182.7MB) contains 369 species.
Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 439.1MB) contains 407 species.
Mohawk Landing Nature Preserve
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 10.8MB) contains 230 species.
North Woods Nature Preserve
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 18.6MB) contains 222 species.
Old Iron Spring Fitness Trail
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 70.8MB) contains 115 species.
Peter Desrochers Memorial Country Knolls Trails
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 125.7MB) contains 226 species.
Settlers Hill Natural Area
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 223.0MB) contains 208 species.
Shenantaha Creek Park
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.4MB) contains 209 species.
Stillwater Multi-Use Trail
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 118.7MB) contains 227 species.
Summer Hill Natural Area
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 272.0MB) contains 275 species.
Swatling Falls Nature Trails
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 254.5MB) contains 255 species.
Town Park
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 17.4MB) contains 199 species.
Ushers Road State Forest
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 12.1MB) contains 263 species.
Veterans Bike Path
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 27.2MB) contains 297 species.
Veterans Memorial Park - expanded 2nd edition now available!
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 175MB) contains 287 species.
Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 323.0MB) contains 309 species.
West Sky Natural Area
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 209MB) contains 225 species.
Woodcock Preserve (AKA Tanner Road Preserve)
This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 12.4MB) contains 228 species.
Zim Smith Trail
This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 488.4MB) contains 480 species.