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NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT WILDFLOWERS
A Field Guide to Wildflowers and Other Plants of the Desert and Its Parklands
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Pages: |
222 |
Year: |
2000 |
Language: |
English |
Size (cm): |
15.3 x 22.9 |
Size (inches): |
6 x 9 |
ISBN: |
1560449802 |
Binding: |
softbound |
List price: |
USD 24.95
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USD 9.87  |
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Northern Chihuahuan Desert Wildflowers is the ultimate field guide to the flora of the Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico and West Texas. This valuable reference enables all desert enthusiasts to identify quickly and accurately hundreds of Chihuahuan Desert plants. |
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| Author Steve West has spent more than 30 years studying the flora and fauna of this fascinating part of the country and has skillfully woven his own observations with those of distinguished botanists and fellow naturalists. The clear and concise plant descriptions and detailed color photos make this a great field guide for the layman as well as the botanist. |
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| More than a simple field guide, Northern Chihuahuan Desert Wildflowers is an invitation to discover this ecologically spectacular habitat. If Carlsbad Caverns, Big Bend, and Guadalupe Mountains are on your itinerary, be sure to take this indispensable guide along. |
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Table of contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.....................5
MAP OF THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT........6
INTRODUCTION........................7
NATIONAL PARK AREAS................12
THE FUTURE.........................23
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE..............24
CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS.........37
WHITE FLOWERS......................63
PINK AND PURPLE FLOWERS............87
GREEN AND/OR TINY FLOWERS.........115
BLUE FLOWERS......................125
ORANGE AND RED FLOWERS............130
YELLOW FLOWERS....................140
TREES, SHRUBS, AND OTHER PLANTS...177
GLOSSARY..........................209
REFERENCES........................212
INDEX OF FAMILY NAMES.............214
INDEX OF PLANT NAMES..............217
ABOUT THE AUTHOR..................222
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