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Author Minnich, Richard A.

Title California's fading wildflowers [electronic resource] : lost legacy and biological invasions / Richard A. Minnich.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 344 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-336) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Biological invasions -- California.
Plant invasions -- California.
Wild flowers -- California.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520253537 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520253531 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520934337 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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