Wild and Beautiful: A Natural History of Open Spaces in Orange County

Wild and Beautiful is a celebration of Orange County's wild lands. This book contains descriptions of those areas that are accessible to hikers, bikers, equestrians, birders, and nature-lovers. Loaded with photographs and descriptive text, it also features a natural history of Orange County's animals, plants, and plant communities. Allan Schoenherr taught biology, ecology, and natural history courses as a professor at Fullerton College for many years. He also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Irvine, and California State University, Fullerton. He has lived in Orange County most of his life and has been a resident of Laguna Beach since 1973. A noted authority on California, he is the author of A Natural History of California, the lead author of Natural History of the Islands of California, and an editor for Terrestrial Vegetation of California. He is a hiker and photographer who has traveled extensively in Orange County's wild lands.