Arizona Flora
Identifies 3,438 Species of Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Fern-Allies Growing Uncultivated in Arizona
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Arizona Flora
Identifies 3,438 Species of Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Fern-Allies Growing Uncultivated in Arizona
About this book
Nearly every life form found among North American flowering plants is represented in Arizona. This amazing diversity is partly explained by the fact that the altitudinal range extends from a few feet above sea level to approximately 12, 000 feet at the summit of the San Francisco Peaks. The life zone range from Arctic-Alpine on these peaks to Lower Sonoran in the southwest and Subtropical in the extreme south. The main objective of this book is to provide means for identifying the approximately 3438 species of flowering plants, ferns, and fern-allies growing without cultivation in Arizona. Keys for identification of the families, genera, and species are provided. Under each species the authors give the geographical distribution within and outside Arizona, and usually the altitudinal range and time of flowering. They describe economic uses, toxic or other properties, and ornamental value of many plants, giving particular attention to the utilization of native plants by the large Indian population of the state. Introductory chapters describe the topography, geology, soils, and climate of Arizona, the several types of vegetation in relation to the physical conditions, and the proportional representation of the larger plant families. There is also a brief account of botanical explorations in Arizona since 1832. This is the only available work on the flora of Arizona that includes the results of intensive, botanical research in the state during the past twenty years. It is based on an earlier publication, Flowering Plants and Ferns of Arizona, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1942 and now out of print. For the present revision, a supplementary section of more than fifty pages has been prepared under the direction of John Thomas Howell and Elizabeth McClintock of the California Academy of Sciences. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents 1
- Introduction: Botanical Exploration
- Topography
- Geology and Soils
- Climate
- Vegetation in Relation to Physical Conditions
- Life Forms
- Plan of the Book
- Geographic Elements of the Flora
- Taxonomic Composition of the Flora
- Key to the Phyla
- PTERIDOPHYTA
- SPERMATOPHYTA
- Gymnospermae
- Angiospermae MONOCOTYLEDONEAE
- DICOTYLEDONEAE Series 1. Apetalae (Families 31 to 48)
- Series 2. Choripetalae (Families 49 to 101)
- Series 3. Sympetalae (Families 102 to 132)
- Literature Consulted
- Glossary
- Index of Scientific and Common Names
- Supplement (1960)
- Literature Consulted for Supplement
- Index to Supplement