California's fading wildflowers : lost legacy and biological invasions / Richard A. Minnich.

Author/creator Minnich, Richard A.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiv, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The golden state -- Pre-Hispanic herbaceous vegetation -- Invasion of Franciscan annuals, grazing and California pasture in the nineteenth century -- A century for bromes and the fading of California wildflowers -- Lessons from the Rose Parade -- App.1. Location of Franciscan campsites, Franciscan place names, and modern place names -- App.2. Spanish plant names for California vegetation -- App.3. Selected earliest botanical collections of exotic annual species in California -- App.4. References to wildflowers in the Los Angeles Times, The Desert magazine, and the Riverside Press Enterprise.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-336) and index.
LCCN 2007040978
ISBN9780520253537 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520253531 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QH353 .M56 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold