Terrestrial vegetation of California /

Terrestrial vegetation of California / edited by Michael G. Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Allan A. Schoenherr.

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"This thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California's diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers the most authoritative, state-of-the-art view of California's plant ecosystems available. Integrating decades of research, le...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Barbour, Michael G., Keeler-Wolf, Todd, Schoenherr, Allan A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Plant ecology > California.
Phytogeography > California.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. The History of Vegetation Classification and Mapping in California
  • 2. Climate, Paleoclimate, and Paleovegetation
  • 3. California Soils and Examples of Ultramafic Vegetation
  • 4. Nonnative Plants of California
  • 5. Estuarine Wetlands
  • 6. Beach and Dune
  • 7. Northern Coastal Scrub and Coastal Prairie
  • 8. Sage Scrub
  • 9. The California Channel Islands
  • 10. Forests of Northwestern California
  • 11. Closed-Cone Pine and Cypress Forests
  • 12. Oak Woodlands and Forests
  • 13. Chaparral
  • 14. Valley Grassland
  • 15. Vernal Pools
  • 16. Riparian Vegetation of the Great Valley
  • 17. Montane and Subalpine Vegetation of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges
  • 18. Southern California Conifer Forests
  • 19. Alpine Vegetation
  • 20. Transmontane Coniferous Vegetation
  • 21. Sagebrush Steppe
  • 22. Mojave Desert Scrub Vegetation
  • 23. Colorado Desert Vegetation
  • Epilogue
  • Species Index
  • General Index.

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