Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park

Indiana University Press has published a number of nature-themed field guides and books, in recent years including guides such as Butterflies of Indiana, Mammals of Indiana, Fishes of Indiana, 101 Trees of Indiana, and Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests. The latest in this series is Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park.

When Nathanael Pilla asked me to work with him on a wildflower guide for the Indiana Dunes National Park, which had very recently seen a status change from a National Lakeshore to a National Park, it had not been long since I had agreed to work with Michael Homoya on another book project, Wildflowers of the Midwest. I might have initially told Nathanael that I didn't have time to help with this project, but he assured me that I could work on the project with Mike and when that was finished, pick up from wherever he was in the process of writing Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park and help from there. Living less than an hour from the Indiana Dunes and knowing that there wasn't a good field guide to that part of Indiana, I agreed to work with Nathanael on this project.  Less than three years later, Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park is available from IU Press (https://iupress.org/9780253060419/wildflowers-of-the-indiana-dunes-national-park/) as well as at various other book vendors.

We hope you enjoy the book!