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The Quiet Extinction : Stories of North America's Rare and Threatened Plants /

"The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons many of our native plants are disappearing, noting their significance to the continent's natural heritage. Kara Rogers captures the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts unde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rogers, Kara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Whitebark pine -- Fraser fir -- Plants and their animals -- Lost in the wild -- Mead's milkweed -- Florida torreya -- Fickeisen plains cactus and acuña cactus -- Penstemon -- Golden paintbrush -- Hidden value -- The northern plants -- Afterword. 
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