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

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

Science & Math

Faber, Phyllis M.

Ornduff, Robert

Wolf, Todd Keeler

Biological Sciences

University of California Press

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

Introduction to California Plant Life, Revised Edition

History

Americas

Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and demonstrating how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, workable, and artful gardens. Structured around major California plant communities—bluffs, redwoods, the Channel Islands, coastal scrub, grasslands, deserts, oak woodlands, mixed evergreen woodlands, riparian, chaparral, mountain meadows, and wetlands—the book's twelve chapters each include sample plans for a native garden design accompanied by original drawings, color photographs, a plant list, tips on successful gardening with individual species, and more. Both residential and professional gardeners will learn the benefits of going native with gardens that require less water and fewer fertilizers, attract wildlife, engage the senses, create a sense of place, and, at the same time, preserve our rich natural heritage.Designing Native California Gardens includes:* More than 600 selected native species recommended for the garden* More than 300 photographs of native plants, natural plant communities, and residential native gardens* Recommended places to visit for viewing each plant community

Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Middlebrook, Alrie

Keator, Glenn

Gardening & Landscape Design

Common Wetland Plants of Coastal California: A Field Guide for the Layman

Pickleweed Pr

California plants growing along fresh-water courses, including lakes.

Common Riparian Plants of California

Holland, Robert F.

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