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.
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.
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.
Details
Price: $39.95
Pages: 512
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 22nd May 2014
ISBN: 9780520958234
Format: eBook
BISACs: NATURE / Ecology NATURE / Plants / General SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
Author Bio
Linda H. Beidleman has been an instructor at the Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley; the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies; and the Rocky Mountain Nature Association, among other institutions. She has coauthored several books. Eugene N. Kozloff is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington and has written several books, as well as numerous research articles about marine invertebrates.
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
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.
Price: $39.95
Pages: 512
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 22nd May 2014
ISBN: 9780520958234
Format: eBook
BISACs: NATURE / Ecology NATURE / Plants / General SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
Linda H. Beidleman has been an instructor at the Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley; the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies; and the Rocky Mountain Nature Association, among other institutions. She has coauthored several books. Eugene N. Kozloff is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington and has written several books, as well as numerous research articles about marine invertebrates.
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