Introduction to California Soils and Plants
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Author_Arthur R. Kruckeberg
biodiversity
bogs
botany
bristlecone pine forests
california
california history
california landscape
carbonate rocks
carnivorous pitcher plants
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central valley
channel islands
ecology
environment
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fens
field guide
geology
gold rush
history
marin county
native plants
natural history
nature
nonfiction
plant guide
plant identification
plants
pygmy conifers
salt flats
salt marshes
serpentines
soil
spanish
tiburon jewel flower
tiburon peninsula
vernal pools
wetlands
Product details
- ISBN 9780520233720
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 114 x 184mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 2006
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Carnivorous pitcher plants, pygmy conifers, and the Tiburon jewel flower, restricted to a small patch of serpentine soil on Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, are just a few of California's many amazing endemic plants - species that are unique to particular locales. California boasts an abundance of endemic plants precisely because it also boasts the richest geologic diversity of any place in North America, perhaps in the world. In lively prose, Arthur Kruckeberg gives a geologic travelogue of California's unusual soils and land forms and their associated plants - including serpentines, carbonate rocks, salt marshes, salt flats, and vernal pools - demonstrating along the way how geology shapes plant life.Adding a fascinating chapter to the story of California's remarkable biodiversity, this accessible book also draws our attention to the pressing need for conservation of the state's many rare and fascinating plants and habitats. 148 outstanding, accurate photographs, more than 100 in colour, illustrate California's diverse flora. This book covers a wide range of locations including the Channel Islands, the Central Valley, wetlands, bristlecone pine forests, and bogs and fens.
It provides selected trip itineraries for viewing the state's geobotanical wonders. It includes information on human influences on the California landscape from the early Spanish explores through the gold rush and to the present.
Arthur R. Kruckeberg, Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Washington, is author of Best Wildflower Hikes: Washington (2004) Geology and Plant Life (2002), Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest (1996), Natural History of Puget Sound (1995), and California Serpentines: Flora, Vegetation, Geology, Soils (California, 1985).
