River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon
Title | River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin Huisinga |
Publisher | Mountain Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Nature |
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The Grand Canyon's isolation, great elevational range, and position at the convergence of three North American deserts--the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin--have created unique habitats for an unusual assemblage of plants. Some grow only at seeps and springs, others emerge from cracks in the bedrock, and some live only in the Grand Canyon--for example, Roaring Springs prickly poppy and Grand Canyon flaveria. River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon, the first comprehensive field guide devoted to plants that live below the canyon rims, is bursting with beautiful color photographs and detailed line drawings of more than 250 ferns, grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees. Narratives organized by life form and common family name describe each plant and its natural history, and thumbnail photographs arranged by flower color and shape offer a key for easy identification. Essays by contributing experts explore such topics as Grand Canyon ecology, desert-plant adaptations, biological soil crusts, plant pollination, invasive species, and domesticated plants of the canyon's indigenous people.
Grand Canyon Plants and Animals
Title | Grand Canyon Plants and Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Dot Barlowe |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2010-02-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0486472949 |
Thirty beautiful, accurate illustrations of the popular national park's wildlife and vegetation include ravens, coyotes, and lizards, as well as yucca blossoms and other desert plants. Informative captions accompany each drawing.
An Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology
Title | An Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology PDF eBook |
Author | L. Greer Price |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Science |
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Perfect for the first-time visitor or the seasoned traveler. Includes sections on the geologic records, regional geology, plate tectonies and the Colorado River.
Grand Canyon
Title | Grand Canyon PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Schmidt |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780395599327 |
Perhaps our most spectacular park, the Grand Canyon draws over four million visitors a year. In the first series that focuses on the natural history of the individual parks, each volume describes and lists each park's characteristic animals, plants, ecosystems, and geological formations. 90 photos, 45 in color. 15 maps.
Succession of Desert Plants on Debris Flow Terraces, Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A.
Title | Succession of Desert Plants on Debris Flow Terraces, Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A. PDF eBook |
Author | Janice E. Bowers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Debris avalanches |
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Grand Canyon For Sale
Title | Grand Canyon For Sale PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Nash |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 307 |
Release | 2017-09-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0520965248 |
Grand Canyon For Sale is a carefully researched investigation of the precarious future of America’s public lands: our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, monuments, and wildernesses. Taking the Grand Canyon as his key example, and using on-the-ground reporting as well as scientific research, Stephen Nash shows how accelerating climate change will dislocate wildlife populations and vegetation across hundreds of thousands of square miles of the national landscape. In addition, a growing political movement, well financed and occasionally violent, is fighting to break up these federal lands and return them to state, local, and private control. That scheme would foreclose the future for many wild species, which are part of our irreplaceable natural heritage, and also would devastate our national parks, forests, and other public lands. To safeguard wildlife and their habitats, it is essential to consolidate protected areas and prioritize natural systems over mining, grazing, drilling, and logging. Grand Canyon For Sale provides an excellent overview of the physical and biological challenges facing public lands. The book also exposes and shows how to combat the political activity that threatens these places in the U.S. today.
Grand Canyon Nature Notes
Title | Grand Canyon Nature Notes PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Park Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 858 |
Release | 1926 |
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