California Serpentines : Flora, Vegetation, Geology, Soils, and Management Problems / Arthur R. Kruckeberg; ed. by Arthur R. Kruckeberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kruckeberg, Arthur R., Author.

Contributor:

Kruckeberg, Arthur R., Editor.

Series:

UC Publications in Botany

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1996]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive treatment of an important segment of the flora of California: native plants that have varying degrees of fidelity to serpentine rock and soil that make up over 1100 square miles in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada. Many of California's unique endemic plants are found nowhere else but on serpentine; over 200 species, subspecies, and varieties of native plants are restricted to some degree to serpentine. The author describes the geology, soils, and mineral nutrition of serpentines (low in normal essential nutrients, high in magnesium, iron, and toxic heavy metals, nickel, and chromium), the vegetation and flora that tolerate this inhospitable habitat, the fauna on serpentines, and management/conservation problems associated with serpentines. This is an essential guide to an important aspect of the flora of California.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY OF BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE SERPENTINE FLORA OF CALIFORNIA

GEOLOGY OF SERPENTINE AND RELATED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS

SERPENTINE SOILS AND THE MINERAL NUTRITION OF PLANTS

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO SERPENTINE

SERPENTINE VEGETATION IN CALIFORNIA

SERPENTINE FLORA OF CALIFORNIA

SERPENTINE FAUNA OF CALIFORNIA

THE EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF SERPENTINE BIOTA IN CALIFORNIA

EXPLOITATION OF SERPENTINE AND OTHER ULTRAMAFICS AND EFFECTS ON PLANT LIFE

LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ON ULTRAMAFICS

SUMMARY

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

LITERATURE CITED

PLATES

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-91572-0