Book ID: 88430
Rundel, Philip W. and Robert Gustafson
Introduction to the Plant Life of Southern California: Coast to Foothills. 2005. (California Natural History Guides, 85). 323 col. photogr. 3 maps. 1 tab. 316 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book, with its engaging text and attractive illustrations, for thefirst time provides an ecological framework for the plants and theirenvironments in the coast and foothill regions of Southern California,an area that boasts an extremely rich flora. It will introduce a wide audience to Southern California's plant communities, their ecological dynamics, and the key plants that grow in them.