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In the spirit of the avid desert botanist Willis Linn Jepson, The Jepson Desert Manual provides botanical enthusiasts of all backgrounds with the first comprehensive field guide focused exclusively on native and naturalized vascular plants of California's southeastern deserts. Based on The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, the Desert Manual incorporates new illustrations for more than two hundred desert taxa, revised keys to identification, updated distributional information, and 128 color photographs. This guide will allow easier identification of California's fascinating desert plants than would be possible in a manual with broader geographic coverage. As in The Jepson Manual, detailed descriptions and illustrations of plant characteristics are provided, along with information on native versus alien status, habitats, elevation, endangerment, toxicity, weed status, horticultural requirements, and flowering times. Introductory sections on the desert setting and vegetation offer the reader a broad context and new perspectives for appreciating the more than twenty five hundred plant species included in the Manual. For amateur and professional botanists alike, the Desert Manual will prove to be an invaluable companion in California's spectacular Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and southern Great Basin environments, including the White Mountains.Product Identifiers
PublisherMargriet Wetherwax, University of California Press
ISBN-139780520227750
eBay Product ID (ePID)94562109
Product Key Features
Number of Pages640 Pages
Publication NameThe Jepson Desert Manual: Vascular Plants of Southeastern California
LanguageEnglish
SubjectWriting & Reading, Geography & Geosciences, Biology
Publication Year2002
TypeRéférence
AuthorBruce G. Baldwin, Thomas J. Rosatti, Barbara J. Ertter, Dieter Wilken, Steve Boyd, Robert Patterson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height254 mm
Item Weight1179 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
TopicNature
EditorThomas J. Rosatti, Steve Boyd, Robert Patterson, Dieter Wilken, Barbara J. Ertter, Bruce G. Baldwin