Book ID: 35555
WEISS, Eckehard
Guide to Plants Tolerant of Arid and Semi-Arid Condi- tions. Nomenclature and Potential Uses. 1987. (Range Management Handbook III,1). IX,543 p. 4to. Bound.
Contents: Introduction/ Plant Habit and Representatives of BotanicFamilies/ Alphabetic List of Botanic Names/ Alphabetic List of CommonNames/ List of References/ Line Drawings of Plants. - Brings togetherthe scattered published information into an easily useable source ofinformation. Vast gaps in our knowledge still remain. It is hoped thatthis publication will be the foundation of a data bank on economicplants for arid lands, a subject which might enable us to lift some ofthe major constraints to the development of the semi-arid and aridlands.