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Informationen zum Autor Robert Ornduff (1932-2000) served as Director of the University and Jepson Herbaria, Director of the University Botanical Garden, and Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Phyllis M. Faber is General Editor of the California Natural History Guides. Todd Keeler-Wolf is Senior Vegetation Ecologist, California Department of Fish and Game. Klappentext "Packed with new information, this revised guide will delight both the well informed and the novice." —Peter Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden Zusammenfassung California's unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts. This book features photographs that illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state, and chapters containing discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, changes in California's flora, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Preface from the 1974 Edition Introduction 1. THE CALIFORNIA FLORA The Californian Floristic Province Diversity of the Flora Naming Plants: Latin Binomials and Common Names The Meanings of Plant Names A Hierarchy of Classification Naming New Plant Species Rarity and Endemism 2. CALIFORNIA’S TOPOGRAPHY! CLIMATE! AND SOILS Topographical Features of California Climate Geology and Soils 3. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON PLANTS Soil and Topography Sun and Wind Effect of Shade Competition for Water and Light Water and Salinity The Presence of Fire Fungi and Bacteria Plant Competition and Allelopathy Herbivory Pollination Seed Dispersal Adaptations to Aridity Reading the Landscape by Indicator Species 4. VARIATION OR ECOTYPES OF PLANT SPECIES Climatic Ecotypes Soil Ecotypes 5. INTRODUCTION TO CALIFORNIA VEGETATION Vegetation and Flora Concepts of Plant Community and Vegetation A Classification System Ecological Dominance Plant Succession Life Zones 6. VEGETATION TYPES IN CISMONTANE CALIFORNIA The Cismontane Region (West of the Sierra Nevada Crest) 7. VEGETATION TYPES IN MONTANE AND TRANSMONTANE CALIFORNIA Montane Region (High Mountain Areas) Transmontane Region (Areas East of the Sierra Nevada Crest and the Deserts) 8. EVOLUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA FLORA Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora Neotropical Tertiary Geoflora Madro-Tertiary Geoflora Fossil History of Coast Redwood 9. EARLY PLANT EXPLORATION AND BOTANY IN CALIFORNIA Early Explorers Early Plant Collectors The First American Explorers Surveys for Railroads Botany in California Since Statehood 10. RECENT CHANGES IN CALIFORNIA’S FLORA Climate Change Native American Usage of the Land The Impact of Agriculture and Grazing The Impact of Invasive Weeds Tracking Habitat Destruction and Loss of Species Habitat Restoration Saving Biodiversity: A Call for Action Glossary Supplemental Reading References Art Credits and Additional Captions Index of Plant Names General Index ...
