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Plants of the Tahoe Basin: Flowering Plants, Trees, and Ferns

This is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the trees, ferns, and flowering plants of the Tahoe Basin. Covering more than 600 species, many of them rare, and with over 300 color photographs, here is the most complete and up-to-date wildflower guide available for this floristically rich region.
Michael Graf discusses native higher vascular plants: flowering plants, ferns and their allies, and conifers. He covers the Tahoe region from Desolation Wilderness in the west to the Carson Range in the east and includes Donner Lake and Pass, Sagehen Meadows, Castle Peak, Pole Creek, Shirley Canyon, Granite Chief, and Alpine Meadows in the north; and Hope Valley and Carson and Luther Passes in the south. Each of these areas represents extensions of Tahoe Basin plant communities, and the entire region offers spectacular wildflower viewing.
The book is arranged taxonomically, thereby helping readers to develop a basic understanding of plant families, genera, and species. Each species account includes size, bloom period, and preferred habitat, and a full description follows, including clues for identification, notes on where to view the plant, use by humans, and additional ecological information. An introductory section discusses the evolutionary principles of plant taxonomy and the geologic and climatic history of the Tahoe Basin, its vegetative ecology, and its environmental history from the time of the Washoe Indians to the present.
An appendix provides a family key, a glossary, and drawings of plant anatomy. Throughout the book, taxonomic information is based on the 1993 edition of the Jepson Manual. With its clear descriptions, beautiful photographs, and information on everything from pollination to conservation, this book should be in the backpack of anyone who loves wildflowers, from amateur to professional field biologist.

I've always wanted my own little olive tree and this year I treated myself, planting one in the warmest spot in the garden, in a huge pot inherited from my parents' house. If even *half* these tiny flowers produce fruit I will be one happy bunny - it's positively covered in blossom.

We have been told that this tree is almost 400 years old. Oak trees can live a long time if they don't get sick. They can survive a fire depending how hot the fire is.

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: Practical Botany, Structural and Systematic, the Latter Portion Being an Analytical Key to the Wild Flowering Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Ordinary Herbs, Sedges and Grasses of the Northern and Middle United States East of the Mississippi; Original Publisher: New York, H. Holt and Company; Publication date: 1876; Subjects: Botany; Plants;