This website is the result of a Christmas gift. A good friend gave my wife and me a copy of Stan Tekiela's Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Minnesota. The guide remained unused until we arrived back north in May, 2000 and then we were captured by the beauty of the wildflowers around us and by the fun of identifying and photographing them. The photographs remind us of those many wonderful hours we spent last spring, summer and fall exploring roadsides, bike trails, woods and meadows looking for new species. In total, more than eighty species were identified in the region of the state extending from Milaca north to Pierz, Brainerd, Pequot Lakes, Walker and then west to Park Rapids. We hope the information and photographs posted here will encourage you to join us next year in observing the beauty of wildflowers. You might get an early start by asking for these Christmas gifts.

1. Wildflowers of Minnesota, Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, Inc. Box 269, Cambridge, MN 55008
2. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, Lawrence Newcomb, Little, Brown and Company, Boston and New York.
3. Enjoying Wildflowers, Donald and Lillian Stokes, Little, Brown and Company, Boston and New York
4. Northland Wildflowers, John B. and Evelyn W. Moyle, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN.
5. Missouri Wildflowers, Edgar Denison, Missouri Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102

Errors in the factual information contained in this site are inevitable. They are mine only and I would appreciate your corrections. Send corrections and any suggestions for the improvement of this site to bwestling@earthlink.net

Enjoy!
Bruce Westling