After 15 years and over 100,000 hours of work, the book is finished and it's massive —
8.5" x 11” and 1350+ pages, with a spine of 2.75" and weighing in at 9 pounds, 12 ounces!

A tome for the ages — featuring nearly 2000 illustrations and 3200 maps, and the scholarship is off the scale! Shown here are views of the book’s laminated cover and the spine — we think you will agree it is gorgeous.

Flora of the Chicago Region:
A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis
is now available for purchase at indianaacademyofscience.org. It is also available at the Morton Aboretum bookstore. the book retails for $125 plus postage.

Cover photo of Bluff Springs Fen is courtesy of Mike MacDonald.