Introduction to California Plant Life
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A01=Phyllis M. Faber
A01=Robert Ornduff
A01=Todd Keeler Wolf
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american west
annuals
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Author_Phyllis M. Faber
Author_Robert Ornduff
Author_Todd Keeler Wolf
backpackers
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bristlecone pines
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climate
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field guide
flora
foraging
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geography
hikers
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naturalist
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plant communities
plant ecology
plant identification
plant taxonomy
plants
redwoods
reference
soil
southern deserts
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- ISBN 9780520237049
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 114 x 184mm
- Publication Date: 24 Jul 2003
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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California's unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts and in age from the four-thousand year-old Bristlecone Pines to ephemeral annuals whose life span can be counted in weeks. Available at last in a thoroughly updated and revised edition, this popular book is the only concise overview of the state's remarkable flora, its plant communities, and the environmental factors that shape them. It features 188 color photographs that illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state, and new chapters that give expanded discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, recent changes in California's flora, and more. It introduces basic concepts of plant taxonomy and plant ecology through clear examples and covers topics such as soil, climate, and geography.
Robert Ornduff (1932-2000) served as Director of the University and Jepson Herbaria, Director of the University Botanical Garden, and Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Phyllis M. Faber is General Editor of the California Natural History Guides. Todd Keeler-Wolf is Senior Vegetation Ecologist, California Department of Fish and Game.
