Author: William Alfred WeberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Catalog of the Colorado Flora
Author: William Alfred WeberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Flora of Barro Colorado Island
Author: Thomas B. CroatPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804709507
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Florenwerke, Panama.
Field Guide to Forest Plants of South-central Colorado
Author: David C. PowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest plants
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Flora of the Gran Desierto and Río Colorado Delta
Author: Richard Stephen FelgerPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816552398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
From the Pinacate lava fields and expansive dunes to the shores of the Gulf of California, the Gran Desierto is one of the hottest and driest places in the Western Hemisphere. Yet this region in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico embraces a remarkable number of habitats with a fascinating and surprisingly rich flora. This is the heart of the Sonoran Desert, still in a largely primordial state, in juxtaposition with the ravished wetlands of the once great Río Colorado. Flora of the Gran Desierto is the culmination of more than twenty-five years of research in this magnificent desert and delta by botanist Richard Felger. This comprehensive floristic study of more than 565 species of vascular plants features original diagnostic descriptions and innovative identification keys to the families, genera, and species. Particular attention has been devoted to taxa that are poorly known. Even weeds and their histories are treated in detail. Hundreds of illustrations by such eminent botanical artists as Lucretia Brezeale Hamilton, Matt Johnson, and Bobbi Angell will aid in the identification of plants. Common names of plants are given in English, Spanish, and O'odham. While emphasizing scientific accuracy, the book is written in an accessible style. Felger's observations and knowledge of plant ecology, geographic distribution, evolution, ethnobotany, plant variation and special adaptations, and the history of the region provides botanists, naturalists, ecologists, conservationists, and anyone else celebrating the desert with readable, interesting, and important information. With two of Mexico's newest biosphere reserves—the Pinacate and the Upper Gulf of California—this region is a keystone for desert conservation efforts. Its location linking vast preserves to the north makes this book especially useful for anyone interested in borderland studies and the Sonoran Desert. Flora of the Gran Desierto represents a most creative, definitive, and enthusiastic treatment of Sonoran Desert plant life and is highly relevant to ecological restoration in deserts and wetlands in arid places worldwide.
Field Guide to Colorado's Wetland Plants
Author: Denise R. CulverPublisher:
ISBN: 9780615746494
Category : Wetland plants
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Rocky Mountain Flora
Author: William Alfred WeberPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Rocky Mountain Flora offer an outstanding starting point for the pursuit of botany in the Rockies.
Manual of Grasses for North America
Author: Mary E. BarkworthPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457180987
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1552
Book Description
Grasses are the world’s most important plants. They are the dominant species over large parts of the earth’s land surface, a fact that is reflected in the many different words that exist for grasslands, words such as prairie, veldt, palouse, and pampas to mention just a few. As a group, grasses are of major ecological importance, as soil binders and providers of shelter and food for wild animals, both large and small. Some grasses, such as wheat, rice, corn, barley, rye, tef, and sugar cane are major sources of calories for humans and their livestock; others, primarily bamboos, are used for construction, tools, paper, and fabric. More recently, the seed catalogs that tantalize gardeners each winter have borne witness to an increasing appreciation of the aesthetic value of grasses. The Manual of Grasses for North America is designed as a successor to the classic volume by Hitchcock and Chase. It reflects current taxonomic thought and includes keys, illustrations, and distribution maps for the nearly 900 native and 400 introduced species that have been found in North America north of Mexico. In addition, it presents keys and illustrations for several species that are known only in cultivation or are of major agricultural significance, either as progenitors of bread wheat and corn or as a major threat to North American agriculture because of their ability to hybridize with crop species. The Manual of Grasses for North America is a major reference work for grasses that will retain its value for many years.
Vascular Plant Species of the Pawnee National Grassland
Author: Donald L. HazlettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Trees and Shrubs of Colorado
Author: Jack L. CarterPublisher: Jack L Carter
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This book encourages the layperson to learn more about their life zone and serves as a field guide to better appreciate the ecology, evolution, and geography of Colorado vegetation. More comprehensive than the first, this is a must for anyone interested in the diverse vegetation in Colorado.
Durable Plants for the Garden
Author: James E. HenrichPublisher:
ISBN: 9781555915902
Category : Alpine garden plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The first resource of its kind, featuring plants handpicked by experts for their ability to thrive in the challenging conditions of the High Plains and intermountain states and beyond"--Cover, p. 4.