Introduction to California soils and plants
Subtitle: serpentine, vernal pools, and other geobotanical wonders
By: Arthur R. Kruckeberg.
Series: California natural history guides -- 86.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780520233713; 9780520233720
Subjects: Rare plants -- California; Rare plants -- Ecophysiology -- California; Soils -- California; Plant-soil relationships -- California
Other titles: California soils and plants.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : how geology shapes plant life; title: The evolution of species with limited ranges; title: The taxonomy of restricted plants; title: Landforms and plant life. Mountains, climate, and flora; title: The Channel Islands : insularity of landforms and plant life; title: The Great Central Valley; title: Vernal pools; title: Dunes; title: Pygmy pine barrens; title: Wetlands : creations of landform diversity; title: Final thoughts on landforms and plant life; title: Plants and their soils. The study of geoedaphics; title: Making soils from rocks; title: Soil profiles; title: A primer in plant-soil chemistry; title: The serpentine story. What is serpentine?; title: Plant tolerance to serpentine; title: The serpentine landscape; title: Serpentine dwellers; title: Serpentine endemics; title: Soil wanderers; title: Other strange plant-soil relationships. The limestone problem; title: Bristle-cone pine forests; title: The snow-wreath discovery; title: Other limestone floras; title: Plant life on sterile rock and soils; title: The Pine Hill flannel bush; title: Salty places and their plant life; title: Geothermal areas : power or flora?; title: Pine islands in a sea of sagebrush; title: Normal rocks and soils; title: Bogs and fens; title: Guano habitats; title: Plant distribution over space and time. The beginnings of plant geography; title: The general purpose genotype; title: Endemics and the California floristic province; title: Indicator species; title: Human influences. From early Spanish mines to the present; title: The Gold Rush; title: Habitat loss and exotic species; title: Habitats meriting protective status; title: Epilogue : geology gone wild; title: Exploring California's geology and plant life.