Plant Ecology of Death Valley, California


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A description of the composition and environment of plants in Death Valley. The plants were mapped in connection with the general geologic mapping; their distribution is closely related to the distribution of the geologic formations. The geology is described more fully in two companion reports.




Death Valley


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Dune Country


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Contrary to public perception, sand dunes are not barren piles of sand. They are alive with plant life. The dunes themselves even move, sometimes several inches a year. In Dune Country Janice Emily Bowers takes readers from New Mexico's White Sands to Utah's Coral Pink Dunes to the Death Valley dunes of California and beyond. Beautifully written and illustrated, Dune Country is a perfect introduction to the fragile ecosystems of sand dunes.




Tamarisk Control in Southwestern United States


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Presents the results of a saltcedar conference held in Tucson in Sept. 1987 to discuss ways of controlling the invasive Tamarisk species in the Southwest.




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