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Two of the widely used field guide series are published by Sierra Club and National Audubon Society. In each series, each book covers a defined geographical area of the United States. Books in both series devote a hundred pages or so up front to describing climate, geography, and key plant species for each of their area's major natural communities.

The Audubon guides include color photos of every plant and animal discussed and give more detailed descriptions of each plant as well as descriptions of key animals.

The Sierra guides focus on plants and include black and white photos or drawings; they do not include a picture of every plant discussed, but they devote more space to the natural history of each area.

Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide Titles

Deserts of the Southwest : A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide by Peggy Pickering Larson, Lane Larson, Edward Abbey

A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Southern Rockies : The Rocky Mountain Regions of Southern Wyoming, Colorado, and Northern New Mexico by Audrey Delella Benedict, Barbara Bash (Illustrator), J. Cohee (Editor)

A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the North Woods of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota by Glenda Daniel, Jerry Sullivan (Contributor)

A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Sierra Nevada by Stephen Whitney

A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to Southern New England by Neil Jorgensen

A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Middle Atlantic Coast : Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod by Bill Perry

A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the North Atlantic Coast : Cape Cod to Newfoundland by Michael Berrill, Deborah Berrill, Rob Tuckerman (Illustrator)

Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Pacific Northwest : Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Western Montana, and the Coastal Forests of Northern California by Stephen Whitney

A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Piedmont by Michael A. Godfrey

National Audubon Society Field Guide Titles

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States : Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah by Peter Alden (Editor), Brian Cassie, Peter Friederici

National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England by Peter Alden (Editor)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States by Peter Alden (Editor), Brian Cassie, Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Dennis Paulson

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States by Peter Alden (Editor), Brian Cassie, Gil Nelson, Harry Zirlin

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States by Peter Alden (Editor), Brian Cassie, John Grassy, Dennis Paulson

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida by Peter Alden, Richard Keen, Richard B. Cech

National Audubon Society Field Guide to California by Peter Alden

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Peter Alden