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Field guide to grasses of California / James P. Smith, Jr. ; illustrated by Kathy Simpson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: California natural history guides ; 110.Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 437 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780520275676 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520275675 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520275683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520275683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Grasses of California
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK495.G74 S623 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
The grass family and its relatives -- The names of grasses -- Grass classification -- The structure of grasses. Vegetative structure -- Reproductive structure -- Spikelet structure -- Inflorescences -- Grasses in California. California grass flora -- Where do grasses grow in California? -- Endemic grasses -- Rare, endangered, and threatened grasses -- Weedy grasses -- Toxic grasses -- Ethnobotanical uses -- Collecting and identifying grasses. Identifying grasses -- The subfamilies and tribes of California grasses -- Key to the genera of California grasses -- Accounts and descriptions : selected genera and species.
Summary: This alphabetical guide covers common native and naturalized grasses of California and features over 180 color illustrations to aid identification.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The grass family and its relatives -- The names of grasses -- Grass classification -- The structure of grasses. Vegetative structure -- Reproductive structure -- Spikelet structure -- Inflorescences -- Grasses in California. California grass flora -- Where do grasses grow in California? -- Endemic grasses -- Rare, endangered, and threatened grasses -- Weedy grasses -- Toxic grasses -- Ethnobotanical uses -- Collecting and identifying grasses. Identifying grasses -- The subfamilies and tribes of California grasses -- Key to the genera of California grasses -- Accounts and descriptions : selected genera and species.

This alphabetical guide covers common native and naturalized grasses of California and features over 180 color illustrations to aid identification.

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