Category: Nature Book Reviews
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Surprise Agave Spike
One of the agaves in our yard has begun to send up a flowerstalk. I had expected this plant to grow much larger and live for several more years, but the high elevation and relatively harsh environment may have triggered an early bloom. This is Agave colorata, native to the Pacific coast of Mexico but…
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Nature Book Review #5: A Cactus Odyssey
Fifth in an occasional series of natural history book reviews. I choose special favorites that I own and use regularly, but they might not be readily available in your local bookstore or library. Books reviewed here can be purchased through Amazon.com by following the links from my Southern Arizona Desert Botany homepage. A Cactus Odyssey: Journeys in the Wilds of…
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Nature Book Review #4: Lichens of North America
Fourth in an occasional series of natural history book reviews. Books reviewed here can be purchased through Amazon.com by following the links from my Southern Arizona Desert Botany homepage. LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA, by Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, and Stephen Sharnoff. 2001, Yale University Press, 828 pages, hardbound. This is certainly one of the most beautiful and…
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Nature Book Review #3: Little Big Bend
Third in an occasional series of natural history book reviews. Books reviewed here can be purchased through Amazon.com by following the links from my Southern Arizona Desert Botany homepage. A few weeks ago, a Texas naturalist named Roy Morey sent me a fern photo for ID confirmation. Out of the blue, I received this gift – a picture of rare…
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Nature Book Review #2: The Jepson Desert Manual
Second in an occasional series of natural history book reviews. Books reviewed here can be purchased through Amazon.com by following the links from my Southern Arizona Desert Botany homepage. The Jepson Desert Manual: Vascular Plants of Southeastern California. Bruce G. Baldwin, et. al, editors. 2002, University of California Press, 624 pages, softbound. I bought this book at the Joshua…
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Nature Book Review #1: The Great Cacti
First in an occasional series of natural history book reviews. Books reviewed here can be purchased through Amazon.com by following the links from my Southern Arizona Desert Botany homepage. THE GREAT CACTI: ETHNOBOTANY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, by David Yetman, 2007. University of Arizona Press, 297 pages, hardbound. This beautiful book contains photos and descriptions of more than 100 species of giant…
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