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Author: Philip Alexander Munz
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 692
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Distribution of Southern California plants. General key to families. Descriptive flora (treatment of families).
Author: Jepson Herbarium
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2002-03-28
Total Pages: 678
ISBN-13: 9780520227750
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This impressive, streamlined new field guide to plants of California deserts is based on The Jepson Manual and is truly a handbook to be carried in the field. It offers new introductory discussions, many new illustrations, revised user-friendly keys, updated distribution information, flowering times. . . and handsome color photos of many species. This marvelous book demonstrates that our deserts are not barren wastes but treasure houses filled with an abundance of floristic riches."—Robert Ornduff, author of Introduction to California Plant Life "This is a marvelously useful guide to the plants of California’s deserts, clearly-written and well-organized. An invaluable companion to those who delight in the unusual and beautiful plants of these scenic areas."—Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden "This much-needed volume incorporates new information about the status and range of many California desert plants. This book will facilitate access to information about our deserts, and will lead to increased respect and attention to them. We warmly welcome it."—Jake Sigg, President, California Native Plant Society
Author: Philip W. Rundel
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005-04-29
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0520241991
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rundel introduces readers to the plant communities of the Southern California coastal areas and foothills, including color photos of 250 species and additional color habitat photos.
Author: Clarence A. Hall Jr.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2007-10-23
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 0520933265
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.
Author: Jon Paul Rebman
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780916251185
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Baja California Plant Field Guide is a manual to native and naturalized plants of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. It is a useful guide for the entire Sonoran Desert and for Southern California, as over 50% of the species covered also occur in these regions. Over 715 different plants in 111 plant families are identified (most in both English and Spanish), with both scientific and common names and detailed descriptions. Many species are illustrated with color photographs. Descriptions entail plant habit and height; stem, leaf, flower, and fruit morphology; range; elevation; pollination biology; ethnobotanical uses; and discriminating comparisons with close relatives. This book is intended for everyone from the interested novice to the professional botanist.
Author: John Orvel Sawyer
Publisher: California Native Plant Society
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 1316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John David Stuart
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780520221093
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Finally a guide to the woody plants of wildland California! The easy-to-follow vegetative keys, revealing drawings, crisp color photos, and handy range maps combine to make this a beautiful, reader-friendly resource to the novice and the expert alike. Each species has a page of text, including notes on habitat, morphology, and economic importance."--Michael Barbour, editor of California's Changing Landscapes "I love this book. It is warmly welcome as a guide for California's avid public, a public that includes natural history lovers, conservationists, consultants, agencies, and public and private land managers. It is useful, useable, packed with accurate information, and cannot help but assist us in the difficult job of preserving our natural heritage."--Jake Sigg, President, California Native Plant Society
