Cacti of Arizona Field Guide

Cacti of Arizona Field Guide
Author: Nora Bowers
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2023-12-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1647553989

Identify Arizona succulents with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by shape and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information. Learn about a variety of cactus species in Arizona. With this famous field guide by Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, and Stan Tekiela, cactus identification is simple and informative. The Cacti of Arizona Field Guide features 50 of the most common and widespread species found in the state, organized by shape. Just look at the overall plant or stem shape, then go to the correct section to learn what it is. Fact-filled information contains the particulars that you want to know, while professional photographs provide the visual detail needed for accurate identification. Inside you’ll find: Range maps and shape icons that help narrow your search More photos per cactus than any other field guide, making visual identification quick and easy Compare feature to help you decide between look-alikes Close-up images of spines, flowers, and fruit to aid identification Fascinating natural history about 50 cactus species This second edition includes updated photographs, expanded information, and even more of the authors’ expert insights. So grab the Cacti of Arizona Field Guide for your next outing to help ensure that you positively identify the cacti you see.

Wildflowers of Arizona Field Guide

Wildflowers of Arizona Field Guide
Author: Nora Bowers
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2024-08-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1647553962

Identify Arizona wildflowers with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information. With this famous field guide by Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, and Stan Tekiela, you can make wildflower identification simple, informative, and productive. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of wildflowers that don’t grow in Arizona. Learn about 200 of the most common and important species found in the state. They’re organized in the field guide by color and then by size for ease of use. Fact-filled information contains the particulars that you want to know, while full-page photographs provide the visual detail needed for accurate identification. This new edition includes updated photographs, expanded information, and even more of the authors’ expert insights. So grab the Wildflowers of Arizona Field Guide for your next outing—to help you positively identify the wildflowers you see. Book Features 200 species: Only Arizona wildflowers! Simple color guide: See a purple flower? Go to the purple section Fact-filled information and stunning professional photographs Icons that make visual identification quick and easy Naturalist notes, including tidbits and facts Plants typical of Arizona

A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona

A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona
Author: Anne Orth Epple
Publisher: Falcon Guides
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Botany
ISBN: 9781560445630

A complete guide to Arizona's flora, from ferns to cacti, wildflowers to trees. The descriptive text includes common and botanical names, plant characteristics, bloom time, habitat, notes on ethnobotanical uses, and other facts. Included in the more than 900 detailed color photographs is a section of plants with conspicuous flowers, arranged by color for easy identification.

Cactus of the Southwest

Cactus of the Southwest
Author: Nora Bowers
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1591935822

Focusing on Southwestern cacti, this tabbed booklet features detailed photographs of cacti, organized by group to help readers quickly and easily identify the cacti they see.

Cacti of the Desert Southwest

Cacti of the Desert Southwest
Author: Meg Quinn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-11-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781933855370

Deserts of the American Southwest are home to an incredible diversity of drought-tolerant plants, including many found nowhere else on earth. And no other group says desert quite like cacti. Their prickly nature notwithstanding, cacti are very fragile, as are the arid deserts they inhabit. In Cacti of the Desert Southwest, botanist and educator Meg Quinn describes eighty significant cacti of the Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts, including several which are listed as threatened or endangered. Most are shown in full flower.

The Gardener's Guide to Cactus

The Gardener's Guide to Cactus
Author: Scott Calhoun
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-01-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1604692006

When it comes to garden plants, cacti are anything but standard issue. The bulk of home gardens contain exactly zero species of cactus,Êand the thought of growing them makes gardeners think, ÒOuch!Ó InÊThe GardenerÕs Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes, Scott CalhounÊis out to change that perception, and bring the beauty and ease of cactus home.ÊItÕs high time that cacti took their place alongside the trendyÊsucculent.

70 Common Cacti of the Southwest

70 Common Cacti of the Southwest
Author: Pierre C. Fischer
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1989
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780911408829

Contains color photographs and descriptions of seventy different cacti commonly found growing in the American Southwest, each with a note on size, elevation, and distribution; and includes a glossary.