RARE PLANTS OF COLORADO , 2ND

The stunning color photographs, beautiful illustrations, and vivid text in this book describe nearly 150 of Colorado's rare plants. With unique expertise, insight, and an unwavering commitment to protecting the state's rich botanical heritage, the Colorado Native Plant Society offers this revised and expanded second edition of Rare Plants of Colorado.

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1) Must have for dryland gardeners - This book is a must have for any one interested in Colorado native plants It gives you just enough information to appreciate the habitats that these plants come from without sending you right to their doorsteps. Reasonable photography, Great illustrations.

By M. Bone on January 7, 2008

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RAE PLANTS OF TEXAS : A FIELD GUIDE ( W.L. MOODY JR. NATURAL HISTORY SERIES )

Since 1987, when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department botanists published their first in-house summary of Texas’ threatened plants, more than 225 species have been identified and described as endangered, imperiled, or declining. Because most of these plants are too rare to be mentioned, much less pictured, in standard field guides, only a handful of botanists have known what these plants or their habitats look like.

Complete with photographs, line drawings, and county maps, this book describes the officially listed, candidate, and species-of-concern plants in Texas. Individual accounts include information on distribution, habitat, physical description, flowering time, federal and state status, similar species, and published references. The authors also provide brief introductory chapters on the state’s vegetation regions; the history of plant conservation in Texas; federal, state, and other ranking methods; threats to native plants; recovery methods; and reporting guidelines.

With the growing recognition that native plants support wildlife, conserve water, promote biodiversity, and exemplify our natural heritage, we must also recognize the need for greater understanding of endangered plants, the threats to their existence, and the importance of their survival. Rare Plants of Texas is highly recommended for professional botanists and advanced researchers, conservationists, students, range managers, and others concerned with preserving the ecosystems of Texas and the Southwest.

Author -

JACKIE M. POOLE is a botanist in the Wildlife Diversity Program of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. She has been working with the rare plants of Texas since 1982.WILLIAM R. CARR, a botanist with The Nature Conservancy of Texas, conducts numerous field surveys and inventories for the conservation of threatened habitat.DANA M. PRICE is a botanist at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department with experience in prairie ecology and economic botany.JASON R. SINGHURST, a botanist and phytogeographer at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, manages GIS and remote sensing land cover classification projects and conducts status surveys of rare plants in Texas.

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GENETICS AND CONSERVATION OF RARE PLANTS

Nearly 700 species of plants may become extinct by the year 2000. Faced with this overwhelming prospect, plant conservationists must take advantage of every technique available. This unique work summarizes our current knowledge of the genetics and population biology of rare plants, and integrates it with practical conservation recommendations. It features discussions on the distribution and significance of genetic variation, management and evaluation of rare plant germplasm, and conservation strategies for genetic diversity. Case studies focusing on specific problems offer important insights for today's challenges in rare plant conservation.

Author -

Donald A. Falk is at Center for Plant Conservation, Boston. Kent E. Holsinger is at University of Connecticut.

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