Hairy Prairie Clover, Dalea Villosa Var. Villosa

Hairy Prairie Clover, Dalea Villosa Var. Villosa
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Total Pages: 4
Release: 2001
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This bulletin provides basic information on the hairy prairie clover (also called silky prairie clover), a plant listed as an endangered species in Saskatchewan. Topics covered include physical description, conservation status in Saskatchewan & elsewhere, geographic distribution, habitat, life cycle, factors limiting the species population, and actions being taken to promote recovery of the species.

Management Plan for the Hairy Prairie-clover (Dalea Villosa) in Canada

Management Plan for the Hairy Prairie-clover (Dalea Villosa) in Canada
Author: Candace Neufeld
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2018
Genre: Clover
ISBN: 9780660260686

"Hairy Prairie-clover (Dalea villosa) is a perennial plant with purple-pink flowers, velvety stems and leaves, and seeds within hairy pods. In Canada, it is associated with sand dune complexes in southwestern Manitoba and south-central Saskatchewan. The management objective for the Hairy Prairie-clover is to ensure long-term maintenance and natural expansion of all extant native populations in Canada, including any newly located or reconfirmed populations within the natural range of variation. Broad strategies and conservation measures to address the threats are presented in the section on Broad Strategies and Conservation Measures"--Executive summary, p. iii.

Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants Volume I: Historical Names (paperback)

Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants Volume I: Historical Names (paperback)
Author: Elaine Nowick
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2014-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1609620585

Containing thousands of entries of both vernacular and scientific names of Great Plains plants, the literature that informs this exhaustive listing spans nearly 300 years. Author Elaine Nowick has drawn from sources as diverse as Linnaeus, Lewis and Clark, and local university extension publications to compile the gamut of practical, and often fanciful, common plant names used over the years. Each common name is accompanied by a definitive scientific name with references and authority information. Interspersed with scientifically-correct botanical line drawings, the entries are written in standard ICBN format, making this a useful volume for scholars as well as lay enthusiasts alike. Volume 1 presents, in alphabetical order, all the historical common names of plants recorded in Great Plains flora, herbaria, and botanical collections, together with the scientific names of species to which those common names have been applied.

Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada

Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada
Author: Olav Slaymaker
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319445952

This is the only book to focus on the geomorphological landscapes of Canada West. It outlines the little-appreciated diversity of Canada’s landscapes, and the nature of the geomorphological landscape, which deserves wider publicity. Three of the most important geomorphological facts related to Canada are that 90% of its total area emerged from ice-sheet cover relatively recently, from a geological perspective; permafrost underlies 50% of its landmass and the country enjoys the benefits of having three oceans as its borders: the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Canada West is a land of extreme contrasts — from the rugged Cordillera to the wide open spaces of the Prairies; from the humid west-coast forests to the semi-desert in the interior of British Columbia and from the vast Mackenzie river system of the to small, steep, cascading streams on Vancouver Island. The thickest Canadian permafrost is found in the Yukon and extensive areas of the Cordillera are underlain by sporadic permafrost side-by-side with the never-glaciated plateaus of the Yukon. One of the curiosities of Canada West is the presence of volcanic landforms, extruded through the ice cover of the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, which have also left a strong imprint on the landscape. The Mackenzie and Fraser deltas provide the contrast of large river deltas, debouching respectively into the Arctic and Pacific oceans.

Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index

Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index
Author: Elaine Nowick
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2014-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1609620607

Containing thousands of entries of both vernacular and scientific names of Great Plains plants, the literature that informs this exhaustive listing spans nearly 300 years. Author Elaine Nowick has drawn from sources as diverse as Linnaeus, Lewis and Clark, and local university extension publications to compile the gamut of practical, and often fanciful, common plant names used over the years. Each common name is accompanied by a definitive scientific name with references and authority information. Interspersed with scientifically-correct botanical line drawings, the entries are written in standard ICBN format, making this a useful volume for scholars as well as lay enthusiasts alike. Volume 2 indexes the scientific names of those species, followed by listings of all the common names applied to them. Both volumes refer the common and scientific names back to a list of 190 pertinent authoritative sources.

Roadside Use of Native Plants

Roadside Use of Native Plants
Author: Bonnie Harper-Lore
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 726
Release: 2000-09
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781610913843

Originally published by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Natural Environment to promote the planting and care of native plants along highway rights-of-way, this unique handbook provides managers of roadsides and adjacent lands with the information and background they need to make site-specific decisions about what kinds of native plants to use, and addresses basic techniques and misconceptions about using native plants. It brings together in a single volume a vast array of detailed information that has, until now, been scattered and difficult to find.The book opens with eighteen short essays on principles of ecological restoration and management from leading experts in the field including Reed F. Noss, J. Baird Callicott, Peggy Olwell, and Evelyn Howell. Following that is the heart of the book, more than 500 pages of comprehensive state-by-state listings that offer: a color map for each state with natural vegetations zones clearly marked comprehensive lists of native plants, broken down by type of plant (grasses, forbs, trees, etc.) and including both scientific and common names, with each list having been verified for completeness and accuracy by the state's natural heritage program contact names, addresses, and phone numbers for obtaining current information on invasive and noxious species to be avoided resources for more information, including contact names and addresses for local experts in each state The appendix adds definitions, bibliography, and policy citations to clarify any debates about the purpose and the direction of the use of native plants on roadsides.Roadside Use of Native Plants is a one-of-a-kind reference whose utility extends far beyond the roadside, offering a toolbox for a new aesthetic that can be applied to all kinds of public and private land. It can help lead the way to a cost-effective ecological approach to managing human-designed landscapes, and is an essential book for anyone interested in establishing or restoring native vegetation.

Bulletin

Bulletin
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Total Pages: 906
Release: 1928
Genre: Agricultural conservation
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