Plant Life of Southwestern Australia

Plant Life of Southwestern Australia
Author: Philip K. Groom
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2015-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3110370190

Southwestern Australia is unique as it contains the world’s most nutrient-impoverished soils, experiences a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. It is also world-renowned for its relative high level of flora biodiversity. This book focuses on the diverse range of morphological and physiological adaptations evolved by the flora to survive in the harsh Mediterranean-type climate.

Survival Skills of Native California

Survival Skills of Native California
Author: Paul Campbell
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780879059217

Author Paul Campbell reveals the knowledge he has spent 20 years learning and reproducing from California natives. Included are sections on the basic skills of survival, the tools of gathering and food preparation, and the implements of household and personal necessity, as well as the arts of hunting and fishing. Sample topics include: shelter; greens, beans, flowers and other vegetables; meat preparation; how to make and shoot an Indian bow.--From publisher description.