The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520082559 ISBN 13: 9780520082557

Publisher: University of California Press, 1993

Synopsis

First published in 1925, Willis Linn Jepson's Manual of the Flowering Plants of California has been a standard reference for teachers, students, and naturalists. Since that time, hundreds of new species have been identified and botanical investigation has become more sophisticated. Now Jepson's philosophy of making such information available to all is again realized in this new volume, which includes a wealth of material accumulated over the past decades.

With contributions from two hundred botanists across North America, this is the most comprehensive resource and identification guide to nearly eight thousand varieties of native and naturalized California plants. The means to identify plants (using key traits and illustrations) is accompanied by special information such as horticultural requirements, endangerment, toxicity, weed status, and notes on the management of sensitive species. Identification keys have been designed for ease of use, and terms have been simplified and illustrated, making the new Manual the most authoritative field guide for the expert and amateur alike.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"More information is packed into one volume that will be useful to a wider audience than any other manual of this kind yet published in the history of botany."—David L. Magney, The California Native Plant Society

"A single work . . . simultaneously accessible to dedicated beginners and indispensable to professional botanists. . . . For the first time in one volume a user-friendly flora of the exceedingly diverse higher plants of California."—Mildred E. Mathias, editor of Flowering Plants in the Landscape

"Allows amateurs and professionals alike to easily and accurately identify plant species. . . . A product that will contribute in a major way to the preservation of California's unique floral resource. Our gratitude and congratulations for a job well done."—Phyllis Faber, Editor, Fremontia

"Sets new standards for excellence . . . and picks up beautifully on the contemporary idea that botanical work should be fully accessible to the general public as well as to scientists."—Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden

"Precise and accurate, a masterpiece of clarity and succinctness."—G. Ledyard Stebbins, University of California, Davis

From the Back Cover:

"More information is packed into one volume that will be useful to a wider audience than any other manual of this kind yet published in the history of botany." (David L. Magney, The California Native Plant Society)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0520082559
• ISBN 13: 9780520082557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1424
• Editor: Hickman James C.