Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico (Southwest Center Series) Hardcover - 2001
by Felger, Richard Stephen
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From the Pinacate lava fields and expansive dunes to the shores of the Gulf of California, the Gran Desierto is one of the hottest and driest places in the Western Hemisphere. Yet this region in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico embraces a remarkable number of habitats with a fascinating and surprisingly rich flora. This is the heart of the Sonoran Desert, still in a largely primordial state, in juxtaposition with the ravished wetlands of the once great RA-o Colorado. "Flora of the Gran Desierto" is the culmination of more than twenty-five years of research in this magnificent desert and delta by botanist Richard Felger. This comprehensive floristic study of more than 565 species of vascular plants features original diagnostic descriptions and innovative identification keys to the families, genera, and species. Particular attention has been devoted to taxa that are poorly known. Even weeds and their histories are treated in detail. Hundreds of illustrations by such eminent botanical artists as Lucretia Brezeale Hamilton, Matt Johnson, and Bobbi Angell will aid in the identification of plants. Common names of plants are given in English, Spanish, and O'odham. While emphasizing scientific accuracy, the book is written in an accessible style. Felger's observations and knowledge of plant ecology, geographic distribution, evolution, ethnobotany, plant variation and special adaptations, and the history of the region provides botanists, naturalists, ecologists, conservationists, and anyone else celebrating the desert with readable, interesting, and important information. With two of Mexico's newest biosphere reserves--the Pinacate and the Upper Gulf of California--this region is akeystone for desert conservation efforts. Its location linking vast preserves to the north makes this book especially useful for anyone interested in borderland studies and the Sonoran Desert. "Flora of the Gran Desierto" represents a most creative, definitive, and enthusiastic treatment of Sonoran Desert plant life and is highly relevant to ecological restoration in deserts and wetlands in arid places worldwide.
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- Title Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico (Southwest Center Series)
- Author Felger, Richard Stephen
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 673
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
- Date January 2001
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780816520442
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Colorado
- Topical: Ecology
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Citations
- Scitech Book News, 06/01/2001, Page 73
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