|
Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses: Gardening with California Monocots
Nora Harlow
Format: Paperback
|
|
California boasts one of the richest assemblages of native plant species in the world, and among the state's most beautiful flowering plants are its monocotyledons - a large and varied group including lilies, irises, grasses, orchids, agaves, and even palms. Wild Lilies, Irises |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Native Treasures: Gardening With the Plants of California
M Nevin Smith
Format: Book
|
|
Nevin Smith has spent his life growing plants and exploring the wild California landscape. A highly respected horticulturalist and practitioner who is also a gifted writer, Smith shares his years of experience growing native California plants in this lively, informative book. Rath |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edible and Useful Plants of California
Charlotte Bringle Clarke
Format: Paperback
|
|
Both American Indians and the pioneers knew and used many different plant species-for food, fibers, medicine, tools, and other purposes. This unique book is a guide to identifying more than 220 such plants. But it goes much further-it also tells the reader how to prepare, cook, an |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Wayne Phillips
Format: Paperback
|
|
With excerpts from the journals and nontechnical descriptions, Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition mixes history with botany and invites readers to see the wildflowers, shrubs, and trees as the explorers first saw them, from indigo bush in Missouri to feather boa kelp |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
California Plant Families: West of the Sierran Crest and Deserts
Glenn Keator
Format: Paperback
|
|
Interest in California's beautiful native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers is at an all-time high. Yet identification and classification of the state's vast and varied flora can be challenging for both amateurs and professionals. This book provides a superb way for learning to ident |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Introduction to California Plant Life
Robert Ornduff
Format: Book
|
|
"The unique plant and biological communities in California make it a marvel on world scale, and a continuing source of interest and delight. This fine revised volume provides an introduction that should allow all Californians to understand better the special features of the p |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Plants of the Tahoe Basin: Flowering Plants, Trees, and Ferns
Michael Graf
Format: Paperback
|
|
This is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the trees, ferns, and flowering plants of the Tahoe Basin. Covering more than 600 species, many of them rare, and with over 300 color photographs, here is the most complete and up-to-date wildflower guide available for this flor |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California
James C Hickman
Format: Book
|
|
First published in 1925, Willis Linn Jepson's Manual of the Flowering Plants of California has been a standard reference for teachers, students, and naturalists. Since that time, hundreds of new species have been identified and botanical investigation has become more sophis |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary
J G Harris
Format: Book
|
|
Plant taxonomy employs an extensive and complex terminology. The meaning of most botanical terms, however, is immediately apparent when an illustration is available. This is the purpose of this volume. This book provides over 1700 clear illustrations of terms used in plant identif |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Plants of the Tahoe Basin: Flowering Plants, Trees, and Ferns
Michael Graf
Format: Paperback
|
|
This is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the trees, ferns, and flowering plants of the Tahoe Basin. Covering more than 600 species, many of them rare, and with over 300 color photographs, here is the most complete and up-to-date wildflower guide available for this flor |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Sierra Nevada Natural History
Tracy I Storer
Format: Book
|
|
The magnificent and much-loved Sierra Nevada, called the "Range of Light" by John Muir, is the dominant feature on the California landscape. First published forty years ago, this handbook has become an enduring natural history classic, used by thousands to learn more abo |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait
Glenn Keator
Format: Paperback
|
|
The Life of an Oak takes an intimate look at all aspects of the oak tree, from a microscopic examination of its cellular processes to a survey of the grand Diaspora by which members of this remarkable family have spread around the world and diversified. The separate yet exq |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Oaks of California
Bruce M Pavlik
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Oaks of California, the first book ever devoted to the state's native oaks, celebrates the unique place of these trees in California's natural and cultural heritage. Winner of the 1992 Benjamin Franklin Award for best "Regional" book, this title continues to b |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Wildflowers Of California
Larry Ulrich
Format: Book
|
|
California's varied geography hosts a rich mosaic of habitats for flowering native plants. In this portfolio of color images, California photographer Larry Ulrich explores the astonishing spectrum of native flora in bloom across the Golden State. Yet loss of habitat from developme |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley
Laird R Blackwell
Format: Book
|
|
A photographic guide to 200 wildflower species from the Central Valley near Sacramento, west up to the peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Each species has at least one photograph, a description and notes on its distribution, native and modern uses and similar species. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West
Gregory L Tilford
Format: Print book
|
|
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West invites anyone interested in plants, personal well-being, and a healthy environment to discover the healing powers of the herbal world. Full-color photographs face detailed descriptions of 250 plant species in the western United States and C |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Poisonous Plants of California
Thomas C Fuller
Format: Paperback
|
|
This highly informative volume describes California's native, naturalized, and cultivated plant species which can be poisonous and describes how to recognize them, where they are found, and what symptoms they produce. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
California Native Plants for the Garden
Carol Bornstein
Format: Paperback
|
|
California Native Plants for the Garden is a comprehensive resource that features more than 500 of the best California native plants for gardening in Mediterranean-climate areas of the world. Authored by three of the state's leading native-plant horticulturists and illustrated wit |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Gardening with a Wild Heart: Restoring California's Native Landscapes at Home
Judith Larner Lowry
Format: Book
|
|
This lyrical and articulate mix of the practical and the poetic combines personal story, wildland ecology, restoration gardening practices, and native plant horticulture. Judith Lowry's voice and experiences make a rich matrix for essays that include discussions of wildflower gard |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
