Introduction to California Plant Life, Revised Edition (California Natural History Guides) - Hardcover

Ornduff, Robert; Faber, Phyllis M.; Wolf, Todd Keeler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520237021 ISBN 13: 9780520237025

Publisher: University of California Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

* 188 color photographs illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state

* New chapters give expanded discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, recent changes in California's flora, and more

* Introduces basic concepts of plant taxonomy and plant ecology through clear examples and covers topics such as soil, climate, and geography

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Inside Flap

"Packed with new information, this revised guide will delight both the well informed and the novice." —Peter Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520237021
• ISBN 13: 9780520237025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gæde Peter
• Number of pages: 192