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Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region: Mendocino to Monterey [Paperback]

Eugene N. Kozloff (Author), Linda H. Beidleman (Author)
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November 1994
Here is the definitive botanical guide to the wetlands, woodlands, coastlines, hills, and valleys of the San Francisco Bay Region. For this extensively revised and redesigned edition of Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region, the identification keys have been improved and line drawings scattered throughout the text, ensuring that this popular book will continue to be the most comprehensive and authoritative identification guide to the region's native and introduced plants.
o Easy-to-use keys describe more than two thousand species of wildflowers, trees, shrubs, weeds, and ferns
o Exceptionally clear illustrations include 457 color photographs and 227 line drawings
o Plants are identified by both common and scientific names, making this guide an essential resource for amateur naturalists, students, and professionals
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"The book is most practical from a user's point of view, is taxonomically current and accurate, and is highly recommended for anyone interested in a field guide to the plants of this area."--Choice -- Review --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region is a user-friendly guide with excellent photographs that fills an important need in the botanical community locally. A good guide for students and beginning nature lovers, though even sophisticated plant enthusiasts will consult it for its easy style and useful photos."--Frank Almeda, California Academy of Sciences --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Sagen Pr; First Edition edition (November 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0964375605
  • ISBN-13: 978-0964375604
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,225,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region: Mendocino to Montere, April 25, 2000
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This books is essential to botanists in the San Francisco Bay Area! For both the experienced and the amateur, this book is a useful guide to identifying common plant species of the region. Much more concise and specialized than the Jepson Manual, plant identification has gone from a time consuming chore to sheer pleasure. Brilliant color plates add interest and aide in identification. Authors Kozloff and Beidleman have extracted the best aspects of botany texts to create a San Francisco Bay Area biologist's dream!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference book for the Bay Area., January 10, 2007
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If you're into plant identification and you live in the Bay Area, this book is essential. Many of the keys are far easier than Jepson or Munz, and there is the enormous benefit that plants that don't grow in the Bay Area aren't there in the key to confuse you.

People who use this book should know that it is in some ways a work in progress. I took a class with Ms. Beidleman in 2006 and she frequently told us to cross out or re-word certain passages in the keys that were misleading. I don't think she has an estimate for when a new edition may come out--it could be a ways off.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A nice buy for both beginners and advanced student of botany, April 3, 2007
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The book is mostly composed of dichotomous keys with a good section of very nice photographs of most commonly encountered plants, covering many genera. It is a sizable book for the field and covers the SF Bay Area really well. The only thing I have to complain is that is doesn't have species descriptions and more pictures, but these are probably out of the scope of this book. It is a great buy and I do highly recommend it.
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Although much of the San Francisco Bay region is densely populated and industrialized, many thousands of acres within its confines have been set aside as parks and preserves. Read the first page
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antherless stamens, achene absent, upper keel margins, lower keel margin, leaves smooth margined, lemma tip, lowest spikelet, involucre hairy, pappus consisting, excluding awns, hairlike lobes, plant forming clumps, uppermost spikelet, floret bristles, lowest bract, networklike pattern, petals cream colored, shrubs with alternate leaves, corolla irregular, upper glume, five separate sepals, fruiting portion, side florets, lemma awn, corolla white
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Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay, Pea Family, Rose Family, University of California Press, Brake Family, Pine Family, Buttercup Family, North America, Santa Cruz, Heath Family, San Mateo, Snapdragon Family, Buckwheat Family, California Native Plant Society, Goosefoot Family, Marin County, Wood Fern Family, Buckthorn Family, Honeysuckle Family, Mount Tamalpais, South America, Western Poison-oak, Monterey County, Saxifrage Family
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