A Guide to the Plants of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

This easy-to-use Jamaican nature guide identifies over 400 species and contains over 160 colour photographs and 250 line drawings. The text is designed to give both botanists and the casual observer an opportunity to discover the plants that grow in the Blue Mountain Range.

Susan Iremonger's guide fosters a deeper understanding of the unique beauty and diversity of the mountain forest. More than half of the plants described in the book are unique to Jamaica and many of them are found only in the Blue Mountains. The forests of the Blue Mountains are currently threatened by agricultural activities, particularly on the southern slopes, and many of the unique species are threatened with extinction. However, the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, established in 1988, remains a preserve for the natural history of the range.