The characteristic look of California Chaparral—a soft bluish-green blanket of vegetation gently covering the hills—is known to millions who have seen it as

This book will introduce general readers to the plants and animals associated with chaparral and review for biologists and land managers its natural history, ec

Carnivorous pitcher plants, pygmy conifers, and the Tiburon jewel flower, restricted to a small patch of serpentine soil on Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, a

Rundel introduces readers to the plant communities of the Southern California coastal areas and foothills, including color photos of 250 species and additional

California's remarkably diverse plants range in size from the stately coast redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts. This is the only concis