Introduction to California plant life : Revised Edition / Robert Ornduff ; revised by Phyllis M. Faber and Todd Keeler-Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ornduff, Robert, author.

Contributor:

Faber, Phyllis M., editor.

Keeler-Wolf, Todd, editor.

Series:

California natural history guides ; Volume 69.

California Natural History Guides ; Volume 69

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--California--Identification.

Plants.

Plant ecophysiology--California.

Plant ecophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2003]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

California’s unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts and in age from the four-thousand year-old Bristlecone Pines to ephemeral annuals whose life span can be counted in weeks. Available at last in a thoroughly updated and revised edition, this popular book is the only concise overview of the state’s remarkable flora, its plant communities, and the environmental factors that shape them. * 188 color photographs illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state * New chapters give expanded discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, recent changes in California's flora, and more * Introduces basic concepts of plant taxonomy and plant ecology through clear examples and covers topics such as soil, climate, and geography

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

PREFACE FROM THE 1974 EDITION

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. THE CALIFORNIA FLORA

CHAPTER 2. CALIFORNIA'S TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, AND SOILS

CHAPTER 3. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON PLANTS

CHAPTER 4. VARIATION OR ECOTYPES OF PLANT SPECIES

CHAPTER 5. INTRODUCTION TO CALIFORNIA VEGETATION

CHAPTER 6. VEGETATION TYPES IN CISMONTANE CALIFORNIA

CHAPTER 7. VEGETATION TYPES IN MONTANE AND TRANSMONTANE CALIFORNIA

CHAPTER 8. EVOLUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA FLORA

CHAPTER 9. EARLY PLANT EXPLORATION AND BOTANY IN CALIFORNIA

CHAPTER 10. RECENT CHANGES IN CALIFORNIA'S FLORA

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-314) and index.

ISBN:

9780520936959

0520936957

OCLC:

1198929651