A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed

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A field guide to roadside wildflowers at full speed by Chris Helzer. Written for the eccentric botanical enthusiast who wander slowly through prairies, stooping low to determine whether the seeples of a flower are hissbit or her suit. When a flower is seen from a car traveling 70 miles per hour, the world desperately needs a guide that illustrates and identifies characteristics as most people actually experience them.

We have as many roads in the United States as we have streams and rivers. Produced by Caroline Kanner and Jackson Roach, with original music by Jackson Roach. Edited by Liza Yeager and Mitchell Johnson. Subscribe to The Dig Presents, and support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig. Bibliography (in order of appearance): A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed - Chris Helzer Car Country: An Environmental History - Christopher W. Wells On Trails: An Exploration - Robert Moor Snell-Rood Lab Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet - Ben Goldfarb A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Who Belongs to the Land: An Essay on Camps, Blockades, and Indigenous Models of Remaking the World - Lou Cornum Further reading available here.