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Guide to Plants of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Carolyn F. Dodson
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Description for Guide to Plants of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 598.
The Chihuahuan desert is the second largest in North America and its northern, or United States, portion occupies southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and Texas west of the Pecos River. Hot, dry, and windy, the desert is home to a unique community of plants that have adapted to its harsh environment.
Visitors to the area will find this volume a practical identification guide, offering descriptions of seventy-five representative species of northern Chihuahuan Desert plants. Each illustrated profile includes the plant's common and Latin name and a brief description, as well as its role in human history, its relationship to ... Read more
The Chihuahuan desert is the second largest in North America and its northern, or United States, portion occupies southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and Texas west of the Pecos River. Hot, dry, and windy, the desert is home to a unique community of plants that have adapted to its harsh environment.
Visitors to the area will find this volume a practical identification guide, offering descriptions of seventy-five representative species of northern Chihuahuan Desert plants. Each illustrated profile includes the plant's common and Latin name and a brief description, as well as its role in human history, its relationship to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826350213
SKU
V9780826350213
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About Carolyn F. Dodson
Carolyn Dodson is retired from the faculty of the libraries of the University of New Mexico and has taught wildflower identification classes in the UNM Continuing Education Division for twenty-five years. She coauthored Central New Mexico Gardens (with the Native Plant Society) and Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies (with William W. Dunmire). Robert DeWitt Ivey is an eminent ... Read more
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