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INTRODUCTION TO THE PLANT LIFE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (California Natural History Guide).
ITEM #: FG-13567
PRICE: $21.95
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| Resource Description
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| INTRODUCTION TO THE PLANT LIFE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (California Natural History Guide). Rundel, Gustafson. Field guides often provide little ecological information, or context, for understanding the plants they identify. This book, with its engaging text and attractive illustrations, for the first time provides an ecological framework for the plants and their environments in the coast and foothill regions of Southern California, an area that boasts an extremely rich flora. Guide introduces general readers and students to the natural history of Southern California's plant communities, their ecological dynamics, and the key plants that grow in them. Coastal beach and dune habitats, coastal and interior sage scrub, chaparral, woodlands, grasslands, riparian woodlands, and wetlands all contribute unique plant assemblages to Southern California. In addition to discussing each of these areas in depth, this book also emphasizes ecological factors such as drought, seasonal temperatures, and fire that determine which plants can thrive in each community. It covers such important topics as non-native invasive plants and other issues involved with preserving biodiversity in the ecologically rich yet heavily populated and increasingly threatened area. The 327 color photographs provide overviews of each plant community and highlight key plant species. #FG-13567.
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