Desert and Mountain Plants of the Southwest - Softcover

Leake, Dorothy Van Dyke; Leake, Benjamin John; Roeder, Marcelotte Leake

9780806124896: Desert and Mountain Plants of the Southwest

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080612489X ISBN 13: 9780806124896

Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1993

Contains descriptions and line drawings of some 250 plants, for travelers and others who admire the southwestern landscape. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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From Library Journal:

This guide to 260 plants of the Southwestern deserts and mountains includes excellent line drawings useful for identification, but the text doesn't measure up. While the cover states that the book is for "travelers, amateur natural historians, beginning botanists, and all admirers of the southwestern landscape," it is not obvious what use one would make of the book. Why the 260 plants included were chosen is never explained (and why only eight cacti?). The text gives very little information and seldom any ranges. Many entries consist of only two or three sentences of remarkable simplicity. The authors would have done better to produce a field guide without the tidbits of trivia. Not recommended.
- Katharine Galloway Gartska, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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