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The quiet extinction : stories of North America's rare and threatened plants / Kara Rogers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers, Kara, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Endangered plants--North America.
- Endangered plants.
- Plant conservation--North America.
- Plant conservation.
- Endemic plants--North America.
- Endemic plants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons many of our native plants are disappearing, noting their significance to the continent's natural heritage. Kara Rogers captures the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Whitebark pine
- Fraser fir
- Plants and their animals
- Lost in the wild
- Mead's milkweed
- Florida torreya
- Fickeisen plains cactus and acuña cactus
- Penstemon
- Golden paintbrush
- Hidden value
- The northern plants
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8165-3234-6
- OCLC:
- 917853715
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