Canyon Country Wildflowers

Canyon Country Wildflowers
Author: Damian Fagan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0762783834

This easy-to-use guide features: a tough, water-resistant cover and extra-durable binding, made to withstand vigorous field use; detailed descriptions and color photos of more than 200 plants; an introduction to the habitats and ecology the Canyonlands region; a primer on plant characteristics; and a glossary of botanical terms.

Canyon Country Wildflowers

Canyon Country Wildflowers
Author: Damian Fagan
Publisher: Falcon Guides
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780762770137

This easy-to-use guide features: a tough, water-resistant cover and extra-durable binding, made to withstand vigorous field use; detailed descriptions and color photos of more than 200 plants; an introduction to the habitats and ecology the Canyonlands region; a primer on plant characteristics; and a glossary of botanical terms.

Wildflowers of Utah's Colorado Plateau

Wildflowers of Utah's Colorado Plateau
Author: Deborah J. Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781934553800

An essential field guide to wildflowers of the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah. This book contains color photographs with the common and scientific names of 209 plants. Line drawings of 83 of these plants aid in identification.

Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country

Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country
Author: David Williams
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0762793902

Published in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated trailside reference describes more than 270 plants and animals plus geology of an area that includes nine national parks and monuments in the Southwest. A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country is the essential tool for exploring the northern Colorado Plateau, that vast province that encompasses eastern Utah, far western Colorado, and sections of northern Arizona and New Mexico. With this fully updated and revised guide in hand, you will gain a sympathetic understanding of the desert ecosystems that make up the region.

A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country

A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country
Author: David Williams
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-05-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1493048716

Published in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated trailside reference describes more than 270 plants and animals plus geology of an area that includes nine national parks and monuments in the Southwest. A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country is the essential tool for exploring the northern Colorado Plateau, that vast province that encompasses eastern Utah, far western Colorado, and sections of northern Arizona and New Mexico. With this fully updated and revised guide in hand, you will gain a sympathetic understanding of the desert ecosystems that make up the region.

Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains

Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains
Author: Robert L. Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2013
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780984000715

Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains includes Orange County, Santa Ana Mountains, Whittier-Puente-Chino Hills, Prado Basin, Temescal Valley, Elsinore Basin, Santa Rosa Plateau, San Mateo Canyon wilderness area, and San Onofre State Beach. This publication is a novice-friendly, technically accurate guide to wildflowers of cismontane southern California. Tailored to Orange Country and adjacent portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. it will prove a useful tool to identify and learn plant families, genera, and species in the Golden State.

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers
Author: Margaret Armstrong
Publisher: Litres
Total Pages: 731
Release: 2021-12-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 5040885369

"Field Book of Western Wild Flowers" by J. J. Thornber, Margaret Armstrong. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Landscaping on the New Frontier

Landscaping on the New Frontier
Author: Susan E. Meyer
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1457181045

A practical volume for the home or business owner on landscaping with native, drought-tolerant plants in the Rocky Mountain West. Filled with color illustrations, photos, and design sketches, over 100 native species are described, while practical tips on landscape design, water-wise irrigation, and keeping down the weeds are provided. In this book you will learn how to use natural landscapes to inspire your own designed landscape around your business or home and yard. Included are design principles, practical ideas, and strong examples of what some homeowners have already done to convert traditional "bluegrass" landscapes into ones that are more expressive of the West. Landscaping on the new Frontier also offers an approach to irrigation that minimizes the use of supplemental water yet ensures the survival of plants during unusually dry periods. You will learn how to combine ecological principles with design principles to create beautiful home landscapes that require only minimal resources to maintain.

Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau

Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau
Author: Charles Bowden
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1996
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Color photos of the Escalante and the Paria river canyons and the adjacent plateau into which these rivers, with the help of rain & wind, have sculpted surreal, brightly colored galleries. The text by Charles Bowden deals with Mormon heroes, the Hole-in-the-Rock migration, and with John D. Lee, infamous for his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.