Plants Of Arizona

Author : Anne Epple
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762776374
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants of Arizona written by Anne Epple and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only complete guide to the rich and unique flora of Arizona, featuring more than 900 full-color photographs and detailed descriptions of each plant.

Author : Raymond M. Turner
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816547939
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonoran Desert Plants written by Raymond M. Turner and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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 Sonoran Desert Plants is a monumental work, unlikely to be superseded in the next generation.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 : Anne Orth Epple
Publisher : Falcon Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781560445630
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona written by Anne Orth Epple and published by Falcon Guides. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to Arizona's flora, from ferns to cacti, wildflowers to trees. The descriptive text includes common and botanical names, plant characteristics, bloom time, habitat, notes on ethnobotanical uses, and other facts. Included in the more than 900 detailed color photographs is a section of plants with conspicuous flowers, arranged by color for easy identification.

Author : Wendy C. Hodgson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816532834
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert written by Wendy C. Hodgson and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written to be easily accessible to general readers, the book is a valuable compendium for anyone interested in the desert's hidden bounty."--Jacket.

Author : Daniel F. Austin
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816549087
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baboquivari Mountain Plants written by Daniel F. Austin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baboquivari Mountains, long considered to be a sacred space by the Tohono O’odham people who are native to the area, are the westernmost of the so-called Sky Islands. The mountains form the border between the floristic regions of Chihuahua and Sonora. This encyclopedic work describes the flora of this unique area in detail. It includes descriptions, identifications, ecology, and extensive etymologies of plant names in European and indigenous languages. Daniel Austin also describes pollination biology and seed dispersal and explains how plants in the area have been used by humans, beginning with Native Americans. The term “sky island” was first used by Weldon Heald in 1967 to describe mountain ranges that are separated from each other by valleys of grassland or desert. The valleys create barriers to the spread of plant species in a way that is similar to the separation of islands in an ocean. The 70,000-square-mile Sky Islands region of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico is of particular interest to botanists because of its striking diversity of plant species and habitats. With more than 3,000 species of plants, the region offers a surprising range of tropical and temperate zones. Although others have written about the region, this is the first book to focus exclusively on the plant life of the Baboquivari Mountains. The book offers an introduction to the history of the region, along with a discussion of human influences, and includes a useful appendix that lists all of the plants known to be growing in the Baboquivari Mountain chain.

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Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826360696
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to the Plants of Arizona's White Mountains written by and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George C. West provides a simple and quick guide written especially for amateur plant lovers, nature enthusiasts, interested hikers, tourists, and botanists who want to learn more about the plants of the White Mountains in east-central Arizona. The book is neatly organized into three parts, which include woody trees; all other annual, biennial, and perennial flowers, shrubs, and vines; and ferns. This useful guide is written in accessible language that makes it easy to identify over five hundred plant species found in the region. More than a thousand incredible color photographs of flowers, leaves, and other features provide nuanced detail that helps the reader differentiate various species of flowering plants, trees, and ferns. Guide to the Plants of Arizona's White Mountains is a must-have reference for all outdoor enthusiasts exploring this popular region of the Southwest.

Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816510146
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gathering the Desert written by Gary Paul Nabhan and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw

Author : Paul S. Martin
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816547459
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gentry's Rio Mayo Plants written by Paul S. Martin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Río Mayo region of northwestern Mexico is a major geographic area whose natural history remains poorly known to outsiders. Lying in a region where desert and tropical, northern and southern, and continental and coastal species converge, it boasts an abundance of flora first documented by Howard Scott Gentry in 1942 in a book now widely regarded as a classic of botanical literature. This new book updates and amends Gentry's Río Mayo Plants. Undertaken with Gentry's support and participation before his death in 1993, it reproduces the original text, which appears here with annotations, and contains information on over 2,800 taxa—more than twice the 1,200 species first described by Gentry. The annotated list of plants includes information on distribution, habitat, appearance, common names, and indigenous uses. A new introduction provides historical background and a review of geography and vegetation. It also describes changes to the land and river wrought by agricultural development, expanded grazing, and lumbering. Throughout the text, the authors have endeavored to provide information on Río Mayo vegetation while emphasizing local knowledge and use of plants, to preserve Gentry's field-oriented focus, and to present botanical information with Gentry's exuberance and style. Río Mayo Plants has long stood as a book that displays a scientist's love of the English language, his fondness for native peoples, and his eye for beauty in nature. This updating of that work fills a gap in the botanical literature of this portion of North America and will be useful not only for botanists but also for biogeographers, taxonomists, land managers, and conservationists.

Author : Judith D. Springer
Publisher : Ecological Restoration Institute Northern Arizona University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.7D/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to Forest & Mountain Plants of Northern Arizona written by Judith D. Springer and published by Ecological Restoration Institute Northern Arizona University. This book was released on 2009 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert H. Robichaux
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 081653540X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology of Sonoran Desert Plants and Plant Communities written by Robert H. Robichaux and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an accessible introduction to Sonoran Desert ecology. Eight original essays by Sonoran Desert specialists provide an overview of the practice of ecology at landscape, community, and organism levels. The essays explore the rich diversity of plant life in the Sonoran Desert and the ecological patterns and processes that underlie it. They also reveal the history and scientific legacy of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, which has conducted research on the Sonoran Desert since 1903.