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Book A Key to the Common Families of Flowering Plants in California

Download or read book A Key to the Common Families of Flowering Plants in California written by Alice Eastwood and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book California Plant Families

    Book Details:
  • Author : Glenn Keator
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2009-06-10
  • ISBN : 0520259246
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book California Plant Families written by Glenn Keator and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume enables readers to identify California's native and naturalized plants by learning to recognize plant families. The heart of the book contains user-friendly keys and descriptions of seventy major families prominent in California's natural environment.

Book California Desert Flowers

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  • Author : Sia Morhardt
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780520240032
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book California Desert Flowers written by Sia Morhardt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Book Weeds of California and Other Western States

Download or read book Weeds of California and Other Western States written by Joseph M. DiTomaso and published by UCANR Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 979 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedic yet easy-to-use 2-volume set covers 262 individual entries, including a full description of 451 species and another 361 plants compared as similar species, representing 63 plant families. 13 shortcut identification tables for groups that share similar, unusual, or relatively uncommon characteristics. 2 grass identification keys - a key to all characteristics including inflorescences and reproductive parts and a key to vegetative characteristics only. 67 tables comparing important characteristics of difficult-to-distinguish weedy species. Color photos of over 700 weeds including seeds, seedlings, flowers, and mature plants. Appendix of non-native plants rarely or occasionally naturalized in California. Glossary of botanical terms. Bibliography of some of the most pertinent publications. Index to common names, scientific names, and synonyms. Each entry describes the plant category, family name, common name, and synonyms along with a summary of the important aspects of the plant’s life cycle, size, growth form, impact, method of introduction, and toxicity. You'll also find a description of the seedling, mature plant, roots and underground structures, flowers, fruits and seeds, spikelets and florets, spore-bearing structures, and post senescence characteristics for each entry. Also includes a description of the habitat where each is typically found and distribution in California, other states, and worldwide, along with maximum elevation at which the species is found. Rounding out each entry is a description of the methods of reproduction, seed dispersal, germination requirements and conditions, seed survival and longevity, early establishment characteristics and requirements, cultural practices and management options that have proven effective or ineffective in controlling infestations, and a notation of the species' inclusion on federal or state noxious weed lists.

Book Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants

Download or read book Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants written by Clarence A. Hall Jr. and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.

Book Wild Lilies  Irises  and Grasses

Download or read book Wild Lilies Irises and Grasses written by Nora Harlow and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It would be hard to imagine a more knowledgeable group of writers, illustrators, and photographers than the dream team assembled to create this book. It is truly a celebration of the beauty of our native flora and encourages us to incorporate elements of it in our gardens to establish a firm sense of place.... I've waited twenty-five years for this book! It was worth the wait."--Richard G. Turner, Jr., editor, Pacific Horticulture "With clarity and a deep knowing that could only come from firsthand experiences, the authors share their horticultural wisdom and obvious affection for California's garden-worthy monocots. From Agave to Zigadenus, over 250 species of native grasses, irises, geophytes, and their botanical brethren are described in this long-awaited, beautifully illustrated book."--Carol Bornstein, Director of Horticulture, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Book California Plant Families

    Book Details:
  • Author : Glenn Keator
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780520237094
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book California Plant Families written by Glenn Keator and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume enables readers to identify California's native and naturalized plants by learning to recognize plant families. The heart of the book contains user-friendly keys and descriptions of seventy major families prominent in California's natural environment.

Book Keys to the Families and Genera of Vascular Plants in Northwest California

Download or read book Keys to the Families and Genera of Vascular Plants in Northwest California written by James Payne Smith (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliographical Bulletin

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  • Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 68 pages

Download or read book Bibliographical Bulletin written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Botany in a Day

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  • Author : Thomas J. Elpel
  • Publisher : Hops Press
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9781892784353
  • Pages : 235 pages

Download or read book Botany in a Day written by Thomas J. Elpel and published by Hops Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing eight key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.

Book Botany in a Day

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  • Author : Thomas J. Elpel
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781892784155
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Botany in a Day written by Thomas J. Elpel and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing seven key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.

Book Marin Flora

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  • Author : John Thomas Howell
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1970-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520005785
  • Pages : 410 pages

Download or read book Marin Flora written by John Thomas Howell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliographical Bulletin

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  • Author : United States. Dept. of Agriculture
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1952
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 732 pages

Download or read book Bibliographical Bulletin written by United States. Dept. of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plants of the Tahoe Basin

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  • Author : Michael Graf
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780520215832
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Plants of the Tahoe Basin written by Michael Graf and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The reader could hardly be disappointed with this book. More than simply a 'flower key, ' it deftly describes each species and its requirements for survival in the high Sierra. In addition to presenting an impressive collection of spectacular photographs, Graf describes the myriad physical aspects of the Basin which control the flora's vitality, its evolution and its future. This is a wildflower book with the depth and richness that will satisfy Tahoe plant lovers for a long time to come."--Joseph L. Medeiros, Sierra College

Book California Vascular Plants

Download or read book California Vascular Plants written by James Payne Smith (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Botany Illustrated

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  • Author : Janice Glimn-Lacy
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 9400955340
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Botany Illustrated written by Janice Glimn-Lacy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a discovery book about plants. It is for students In the first section, introduction to plants, there are sev of botany and botanical illustration and everyone inter eral sources for various types of drawings. Hypotheti ested in plants. Here is an opportunity to browse and cal diagrams show cells, organelles, chromosomes, the choose subjects of personal inter. est, to see and learn plant body indicating tissue systems and experiments about plants as they are described. By adding color to with plants, and flower placentation and reproductive the drawings, plant structures become more apparent structures. For example, there is no average or stan and show how they function in life. The color code dard-looking flower; so to clearly show the parts of a clues tell how to color for definition and an illusion of flower (see 27), a diagram shows a stretched out and depth. For more information, the text explains the illus exaggerated version of a pink (Dianthus) flower (see trations. The size of the drawings in relation to the true 87). A basswood (Tifia) flower is the basis for diagrams size of the structures is indicated by X 1 (the same size) of flower types and ovary positions (see 28). Another to X 3000 (enlargement from true size) and X n/n source for drawings is the use of prepared microscope (reduction from true size). slides of actual plant tissues.

Book Plant Science Catalog

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  • Author : National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1958
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 986 pages

Download or read book Plant Science Catalog written by National Agricultural Library (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: