Wild Orchids
The author, who is a driver of the Deputy Conservator of Forests, is well versed in urban forestry, urban trees, forest trees, plant species, wildlife and biodiversity. If he is more interested in his other sanctuaries and wildlife of Karnataka. This book is a field guide to identify the Western Ghats, forest plants of South India. Useful for wildlife, naturalists, birdwatchers, trekkers, nature lovers, forest dwellers and others.
Contains a description of 101 plants belonging to 1256 families. It has 292 pages, 167 color photographs and 101 drawings of plants. Separate protocols of evergreen, deciduous, shrubs are provided. Sacrosanct, rare, local, ornamental, flower-bearing, littoral plants are listed. Contains maps of forests of South India and Western Ghats. The book is equally useful wherever there are tropical evergreen, deciduous and scrub forests in Peninsular India.
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