The quiet extinction : stories of North America's rare and threatened plants /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rogers, Kara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Endemic plants > North America.
Plant conservation > North America.
Endangered plants > North America.
Plantes endémiques > Amérique du Nord.
Plantes > Conservation > Amérique du Nord.
Plantes en voie de disparition > Amérique du Nord.
NATURE > General.
Endangered plants
Endemic plants
Plant conservation
North America
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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