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A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants
John L. Culliney
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Description for A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants
Paperback. Offers the most in-depth treatment yet on cultivating and propagating native Hawaiian plants. Following an overview of Hawaiian natural history and conservation, the book treats 63 species (many for the first time), giving detailed information on all stages of gardening. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PST; TVS; WMB; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 642.
Hawai‘i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing climate, native species are declining almost everywhere in the Islands. Human-introduced pests, the spread of competing alien plants, wildfires, urban and agricultural development, and other disturbances of modern life are eliminating native species at an alarming pace. In fact, 38 percent of all plants on the U.S. endangered species list are native Hawaiian plants.
A Native Hawaiian Garden is an effort to help stem the tide. Until recent years, few people attempted to raise native ... Read more
Hawai‘i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing climate, native species are declining almost everywhere in the Islands. Human-introduced pests, the spread of competing alien plants, wildfires, urban and agricultural development, and other disturbances of modern life are eliminating native species at an alarming pace. In fact, 38 percent of all plants on the U.S. endangered species list are native Hawaiian plants.
A Native Hawaiian Garden is an effort to help stem the tide. Until recent years, few people attempted to raise native ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824821760
SKU
V9780824821760
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