Succession of Desert Plants on Debris Flow Terraces, Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A.
Author: Janice E. Bowers
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 86
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Author: Janice E. Bowers
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 86
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 326
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 646
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lawrence Edward Stevens
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 230
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 276
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raymond M. Turner
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2005-08
Total Pages: 523
ISBN-13: 0816525196
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sonoran Desert, a fragile ecosystem, is under ever-increasing pressure from a burgeoning human population. This ecological atlas of the region's plants, a greatly enlarged and full revised version of the original 1972 atlas, will be an invaluable resource for plant ecologists, botanists, geographers, and other scientists, and for all with a serious interest in living with and protecting a unique natural southwestern heritage. An encyclopedia as well as an atlas, this monumental work describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants, most of them common and characteristic trees, shrubs, or succulants. Also included is valuable information on natural history and ethnobotanical, commercial, and horticultural uses of these plants. The entry for each species includes a range map, an elevational profile, and a narrative account. The authors also include an extensive bibliography, referring the reader to the latest research and numerous references of historical importance, with a glossary to aid the general reader. Sonoran Desert Plants is a monumental work, unlikely to be superseded in the next generation. As the region continues to attract more people, there will be an increasingly urgent need for basic knowledge of plant species as a guide for creative and sustainable habitation of the area. This book will stand as a landmark resource for many years to come.
Author: Kristin Huisinga
Publisher: Mountain Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 276
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Grand Canyon's isolation, great elevational range, and position at the convergence of three North American deserts--the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin--have created unique habitats for an unusual assemblage of plants. Some grow only at seeps and springs, others emerge from cracks in the bedrock, and some live only in the Grand Canyon--for example, Roaring Springs prickly poppy and Grand Canyon flaveria. River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon, the first comprehensive field guide devoted to plants that live below the canyon rims, is bursting with beautiful color photographs and detailed line drawings of more than 250 ferns, grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees. Narratives organized by life form and common family name describe each plant and its natural history, and thumbnail photographs arranged by flower color and shape offer a key for easy identification. Essays by contributing experts explore such topics as Grand Canyon ecology, desert-plant adaptations, biological soil crusts, plant pollination, invasive species, and domesticated plants of the canyon's indigenous people.