California Plant Families

California Plant Families
Author: Glenn Keator
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2009-06-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0520259246

This volume enables readers to identify California's native and naturalized plants by learning to recognize plant families. The heart of the book contains user-friendly keys and descriptions of seventy major families prominent in California's natural environment.

Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington

Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington
Author: Philip A. Munz
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2023-12-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0520309014

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Landscape Restoration Handbook, Second Edition

Landscape Restoration Handbook, Second Edition
Author: Donald Harker
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 902
Release: 1999-02-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781420048667

Five years after the first edition of Landscape Restoration Handbook was published, its natural landscaping and ecological restoration techniques have become standard-and successful-practice throughout the nation. Now, the Landscape Restoration Handbook: Second Edition substantially widens the scope of the original work. Approximately 250 pages larger than the first edition, new and expanded chapters offer guidance on: Development of natural landscaping and ecological restoration programs Education, regional planning, and increased biological diversity Ecological communities species listings Scientific and common plant names associated with ecological communities Nurseries that propagate and sell native plants throughout the United States Naturalization has proven to be a "win-win" situation all around. Monetary costs that landowners are saving on maintenance and chemicals also translates to environmental benefits for the greater community. Landscape and golf course architects, urban planners, horticulturists, golf course superintendents and consultants have already put the Landscape Restoration Handbook to the test. Let the Second Edition bring you up-to-date on the numerous benefits of naturalization.

Wildflowers of Southern California

Wildflowers of Southern California
Author: Quick Reference Publishing
Publisher: Quick Reference Pub Incorporated
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781936913800

Wildflowers of Southern California: People exploring nature in Southern California can use this handy photographic field guide to identify common native wildflower species. The flowers in the guide are grouped by color to make identification as easy as possible, and the accompanying text indicates size, bloom period, and other characteristics of each plant. The guide's six double-sided panels fold up into a packet narrow enough to fit in a back pocket yet sturdy enough to stand up under repeated use. Lamination has also made the guide waterproof. The plants identified in Southern California Wildflowers grow in a large area that includes the valleys, coastal mountains, and coastal plains of Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Orange and Ventura Counties and many other nearby places.

Introduction to the Plant Life of Southern California

Introduction to the Plant Life of Southern California
Author: Philip W. Rundel
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2005-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520241991

Rundel introduces readers to the plant communities of the Southern California coastal areas and foothills, including color photos of 250 species and additional color habitat photos.

Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants

Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants
Author: Clarence A. Hall Jr.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2007-10-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0520933265

With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.