A comprehensive look at the wide variety of flowering plants and ferns found in Hawaii's wild providing simple but scientifically up-to-date information on their origins and evolutionary relationships. The book includes almost 200 color photographs for most of the species featured in the book and directions to convenient locations to observe them. Dr. Bohm stresses throughout the book that readers, hikers and novice biologists need to be aware of the sensitivity of native plants to habitat destruction and the devastating impact of the invasion of alien species.