The quiet extinction : stories of North America's rare and threatened plants /
Rogers, Kara,
The quiet extinction : stories of North America's rare and threatened plants / Kara Rogers. - 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.
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.
"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 underway to save them"--
9780816531066 0816531064
Univ of Arizona Pr, C/O Chicago Dist Ctr 11030 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628 SAN 202-5280
2015005337
Endangered plants--North America.
Plant conservation--North America.
Endemic plants--North America.
QK86.N66 / R64 2015
QK86.N66 / R64 2015
The quiet extinction : stories of North America's rare and threatened plants / Kara Rogers. - 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.
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.
"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 underway to save them"--
9780816531066 0816531064
Univ of Arizona Pr, C/O Chicago Dist Ctr 11030 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628 SAN 202-5280
2015005337
Endangered plants--North America.
Plant conservation--North America.
Endemic plants--North America.
QK86.N66 / R64 2015
QK86.N66 / R64 2015