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Books Our Botanists Use

California

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Bristlecone Book: A Natural History of the World’s Oldest Trees. 2007. Ronald M. Lanner. Mountain Press Publishing Company.

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Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada. 2008. Stephen Ingraham. Cachuma Press.

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California Deserts. 2008. Bruce Pavlik. UC Press.

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California Desert Wildflowers. 2004. Sia Morhardt and Emil Morhardt. UC Press.

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California Forests and Woodlands: A Natural History. 1994. Verna R. Johnston. UC Press.

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California Grasslands: Ecology and Management. 2007. ed. by Mark R. Stromberg, Jeffrey D. Corbin and Carla M. D’Antonio. UC Press.

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Ecology and Management of Rare Plants of Northwestern California. 2004. ed. By Melisa B. Brooks, Sydney K. Caruthers and Tony Labanca. CNPS Press.

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Flora of North America North of Mexico [online]. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. 16+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 1, 1993; vol. 2, 1993; vol. 3, 1997; vol. 4, 2003; vol. 5, 2005; vol. 7, 2010; vol. 8, 2009; vol. 19, 2006; vol. 20, 2006; vol. 21, 2006; vol. 22, 2000; vol. 23, 2002; vol. 24, 2007; vol. 25, 2003; vol. 26, 2002; vol. 27, 2007. Flora of North America website.

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Flora of the Santa Barbara Region, California. 1998. Clifton Smith. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Capra Press.

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Flowering Plants of the Santa Monica Mountains. 2000. Nancy Dale. CNPS Press.

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Grasses in California. 1974. Beecher Crampton. UC Press.

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Illustrated guide to Selected Rare Plants of northern California. 2001. Gary Nakamura and Julie Kierstead Nelson. ANR University of California Press.

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Introduction to California Chaparral. 2006. Ronald D. Quinn and Sterling Keeley. UC Press.

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Introduction to California Desert Wildflowers. 2004. Philip A. Munz. Ed. by Dianne L. Renshaw and Phyllis M. Faber. UC Press.

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Introduction to California Plant Life. 2003. Robert Ornduff, Phyllis M. Faber, and Todd Keeler-Wolf. UC Press.

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Introduction to California Mountain Wildflowers. 2003. Philip A. Munz. Ed. by Dianne L. Renshaw and Phyllis M. Faber. UC Press.

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Introduction to California Soils and Plants: Serpentine, Vernal Pools, and Other Geobotanical Wonders. 2006. Arthur R. Kruckeberg. University of California Press.

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Introduction to California Spring Wildflowers of the Foothills, Valleys, and Coasts. 2004. Philip A. Munz. Ed. by Dianne L. Renshaw and Phyllis M. Faber. UC Press.

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Introduction to Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon and Washington. 2003. Philip A. Munz. Ed. by Dianne L. Renshaw and Phyllis M. Faber. UC Press.

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Introduction to the Plant Life of Southern California: Coast to Foothills. 2005. Phillip W. Rundell and Robert Gustafson. UC Press.

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Invasive Plants of California’s Wildlands. 2000. ed. by Carla C. Bossard, John M. Randall, and Marc C. Hoshovsky. UC Press.

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Jepson Desert Manual: Vascular Plants of Southeastern California. 2002. Margriet Wetherwax, managing editor. UC Press

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The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. Second Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Expanded. Edited by Bruce G. Baldwin, Douglas Goldman, David J Keil, Robert Patterson, Thomas J. Rosatti, Dieter Wilken. 2012. University of California Press.

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Plants of the Tahoe Basin: Flowering Plants, Trees, and Ferns. 1999. Michael Graf. UC Press.

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Poisonous Plants of California. 1987. Thomas C. Fuller and Elizabeth McClintock. UC Press.

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Sierra Nevada Flora. 1996. Norman F. Weeden. Wilderness Press.

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Sierra Nevada Wildflowers. 1998. Elizabeth L. Horn. Mountain Press Publishing Company.

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Terrestrial Vegetation of California. 3rd Ed. 2007. ed. By Michael Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf, and Allan A. Schoenherr. UC Press

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Trees and Shrubs of California. 2001. John D. Stuart and John O. Sawyer. UC Press.

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Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California. 2007. Redbud Chapter. CNPS Press.

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Wildflowers of Northern California’s Wine Country & North Coast Ranges. 2007. Reny Parker. New Creek Ranch Press.

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Wildflowers of the Tahoe Sierra: From Forest Deep to Mountain Peak. 1997. Laird Blackwell. Lone Pine Publishing.

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