This is the definitive botanic guide to the wetlands, woodlands, coastlines, hills, and valleys of the beautiful and diverse San Francisco Bay Region. For this extensively revised and redesigned third... Read More
Description
This is the definitive botanic guide to the wetlands, woodlands, coastlines, hills, and valleys of the beautiful and diverse San Francisco Bay Region. For this extensively revised and redesigned third edition of Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region, the identification keys have been thoroughly updated to include 21 new families, 155 new species, and approximately 330 changes in the scientific names, ensuring that this popular book will continue to be the most comprehensive and authoritative identification guide to the region’s native and introduced plants.
• Easy-to-use keys describe more than 2,000 species of wild flowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, and weeds.
• Hundreds of line drawings and color photographs support accurate identification.
• Plants are identified by both common and scientific names, making this guide an essential resource for amateur naturalists, students, and professionals.
• Easy-to-use keys describe more than 2,000 species of wild flowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, and weeds.
• Hundreds of line drawings and color photographs support accurate identification.
• Plants are identified by both common and scientific names, making this guide an essential resource for amateur naturalists, students, and professionals.
Details
- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 512
- Carton Quantity: 16
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Imprint: University of California Press
- Publication Date: 22nd May 2014
- Trim Size: 7 x 10 in
- Illustration Note: 242 color illustrations, 239 line illustrations, 1 map
- ISBN: 9780520278592
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
NATURE / Ecology
NATURE / Plants / General
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
Author Bio
Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition
Illustrations of Plant Structures
Abbreviations and Glossary
Introduction
Scientific Names, Common Names, and Geographic Ranges of Plants
Measurements
How to Use a Key to Identify a Plant
Conservation
Growing Native Plants
San Francisco Bay Region Plant Communities and their Environments
References
Keys for Identification of San Francisco Bay Region Plants
Nonflowering Plant Species and Families
Ferns and Fern Allies
Cone-bearing Plants
Flowering Plant Families
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines
Herbaceous Plants
Flowering Plant Species
Dicotyledonous Families
Monocotyledonous Families
Index
Illustrations of Plant Structures
Abbreviations and Glossary
Introduction
Scientific Names, Common Names, and Geographic Ranges of Plants
Measurements
How to Use a Key to Identify a Plant
Conservation
Growing Native Plants
San Francisco Bay Region Plant Communities and their Environments
References
Keys for Identification of San Francisco Bay Region Plants
Nonflowering Plant Species and Families
Ferns and Fern Allies
Cone-bearing Plants
Flowering Plant Families
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines
Herbaceous Plants
Flowering Plant Species
Dicotyledonous Families
Monocotyledonous Families
Index
This is the definitive botanic guide to the wetlands, woodlands, coastlines, hills, and valleys of the beautiful and diverse San Francisco Bay Region. For this extensively revised and redesigned third edition of Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region, the identification keys have been thoroughly updated to include 21 new families, 155 new species, and approximately 330 changes in the scientific names, ensuring that this popular book will continue to be the most comprehensive and authoritative identification guide to the region’s native and introduced plants.
• Easy-to-use keys describe more than 2,000 species of wild flowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, and weeds.
• Hundreds of line drawings and color photographs support accurate identification.
• Plants are identified by both common and scientific names, making this guide an essential resource for amateur naturalists, students, and professionals.
• Easy-to-use keys describe more than 2,000 species of wild flowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, and weeds.
• Hundreds of line drawings and color photographs support accurate identification.
• Plants are identified by both common and scientific names, making this guide an essential resource for amateur naturalists, students, and professionals.
- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 512
- Carton Quantity: 16
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Imprint: University of California Press
- Publication Date: 22nd May 2014
- Trim Size: 7 x 10 in
- Illustrations Note: 242 color illustrations, 239 line illustrations, 1 map
- ISBN: 9780520278592
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
NATURE / Ecology
NATURE / Plants / General
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
Preface to the Third Edition
Illustrations of Plant Structures
Abbreviations and Glossary
Introduction
Scientific Names, Common Names, and Geographic Ranges of Plants
Measurements
How to Use a Key to Identify a Plant
Conservation
Growing Native Plants
San Francisco Bay Region Plant Communities and their Environments
References
Keys for Identification of San Francisco Bay Region Plants
Nonflowering Plant Species and Families
Ferns and Fern Allies
Cone-bearing Plants
Flowering Plant Families
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines
Herbaceous Plants
Flowering Plant Species
Dicotyledonous Families
Monocotyledonous Families
Index
Illustrations of Plant Structures
Abbreviations and Glossary
Introduction
Scientific Names, Common Names, and Geographic Ranges of Plants
Measurements
How to Use a Key to Identify a Plant
Conservation
Growing Native Plants
San Francisco Bay Region Plant Communities and their Environments
References
Keys for Identification of San Francisco Bay Region Plants
Nonflowering Plant Species and Families
Ferns and Fern Allies
Cone-bearing Plants
Flowering Plant Families
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines
Herbaceous Plants
Flowering Plant Species
Dicotyledonous Families
Monocotyledonous Families
Index