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  • A practical, pocket-sized, and beginner-friendly wildflower guide for the Badger State. Wisconsin is a wonderland of wildflowers! How so? Because it consists of a diverse “mash-up” of north woods and wetlands plants with those of the tall grass prairie and… Read More

  • A practical, pocket-sized, and beginner-friendly wildflower guide for the North Star State. Minnesota is home to more than just its famous “10,000 Lakes.” If you look closely, you’ll see that it also boasts a wide array of interesting and beautiful… Read More

  • A practical, pocket-sized, and beginner-friendly wildflower guide for Eastern Washington and Oregon Eastern Washington and Oregon are home to a wide array of unique habitats, flourishing with unique plant life. Made for wildflower hunters and casual hikers alike, Timber Press’s… Read More

  • A practical, pocket-sized, and beginner-friendly wildflower guide for Eastern Washington and Oregon Western Washington and Oregon are home to a wide array of unique habitats, flourishing with unique plant life. Made for wildflower hunters and casual hikers alike, Timber Press’s… Read More

Michael Homoya

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Michael Homoya earned B.A. and M.S. degrees in botany at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale after which he taught science at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and biology at Southwestern Community College in North Carolina. For 37 years he served as Botanist/Plant Ecologist for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources before retiring in 2019. Homoya is a Fellow and former president of the Indiana Academy of Science and the Indiana Native Plant Society. His previous books include Orchids of Indiana, Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests: A Field Guide, Wake Up, Woods (a children’s book) and Wildflowers of the Midwest (co-authored with Scott Namestnik). He was awarded the Distinguished Career Public Service Award from the Conservation Law Center, the Distinguished Scholar of the Year from the Indiana Academy of Science, and the Barbara J. Restle Lifetime Conservation Award from Sycamore Land Trust.

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