{"product_id":"a-guide-to-common-plants-of-lake-mead-national-recreation-area-9781647790981","title":"A Guide to Common Plants of Lake Mead National","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Guide to Common Plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive book for weekend explorers and botanists alike who venture into LMNRA ready to discover the many wonders of the local flora. The authors highlight 183 plants that hikers are most likely to encounter along popular trails, washes, and surrounding hot springs, helping the area's millions of annual visitors identify and enjoy these common plants. This guide includes photos and descriptions of each plant, along with a map of LMNRA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors also provide a primer on plant ecology, including a guide to plant structures, desert adaptations and life forms, plant-to-plant interactions, and plant-animal interactions. Plants are grouped by life forms, such as tree, shrub, cactus, or grass, and by flower color within the wildflower section. The guide will encourage readers to pause and look carefully at each plant they encounter, giving them an enriched experience during their exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors are eminently qualified to offer this guidebook, and their knowledge about the plants of LMNRA emerges throughout its pages.\"—James M. André, director of the University of California's Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, author of \u003ci\u003eFloras of the Mojave National Preserve and Owens Valley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powell, Landau, and Walker have written a concise book that will be useful to millions of annual visitors to the LMNRA.\"—David Charlet, professor of biology at the College of Southern Nevada, author of \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Nevada Conifers: A Phytogeographic Reference\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover Page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDedication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Mead National Recreation Area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlant Ecology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlant Communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife Forms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrganizational Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Willow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestern Honey Mesquite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmoketree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurbinella Oak (Shrub Live Oak)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingleleaf Pinyon Pine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTree Tobacco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAthel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShrubs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Bursage (Burrobush)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoolly Bursage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeepwillow (Mulefat)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParish's Goldeneye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweetbush (Chuckwalla's Delight)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirgin River Brittlebush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSticky Snakeweed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePygmy Cedar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperflower (Paper-Daisy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiny Goldenbush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour-Wing Saltbush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShadscale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinterfat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorrey Ephedra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSand Croton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiny Senna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePima Rhatany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Sage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThurber's Sandpaper Plant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobemallow (Desert Mallow)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Almond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Rue (Turpentine Broom)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaltcedar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreosotebush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCacti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddybear Cholla (Jumping Cholla)Silver Cholla (Golden Cholla)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHedgehog Cactus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevil Cholla (Parish's Club-Cholla)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFishhook Cactus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePygmy Barrel Cactus (Johnson's Bee-Hive Cactus)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYuccas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeargrass (Bigelow's Nolina)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMojave Yucca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSedges and Grasses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalifornia Sawgrass (Twig Rush)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Brome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFluffgrass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSixweeks Fescue (Sixweeks Grass)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommon Reed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMediterranean Grass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouthern Cattail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAquatic Plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiny Naiad (Holly-Leaved Water-Nymph)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWildflowers - White\/Cream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoolly Bluestar (Small-Leaved Amsonia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePebble Pincushion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Woolly Daisy (Woolly Sunflower)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRock Daisy (Emory's Rock Daisy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdora (Slender Poreleaf)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNevada Cryptantha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinged-Nut Cryptantha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlattened Combseed (Wide-Toothed Pectocarya)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite-Margined Spurge (Rattlesnake Weed)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmallseed Sandmat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRock Nettle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDune Primrose (Birdcage Oenothera)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Desert Gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYerba Mansa (Lizard Tail)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSacred Datura (Jimson Weed)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSunray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoolly Daisy (Wallace's Woolly Daisy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Dandelion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNevada Goldenrod (Showy Goldenrod)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiddleneck (Desert Fiddleneck)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSahara Mustard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrince's Plume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Birdfoot Trefoil (Deervetch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite-Stemmed Blazing Star (White-Stemmed Stick-Leaf)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLas Vegas Bearpoppy (Bearpaw Poppy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Gold Poppy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Desert Trumpet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailing Milkweed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpanish Needles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWire Lettuce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTumbleweed (Russian thistle)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilaree (Cranesbill, Redstem Filaree)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeakstem Mariposa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSand Verbena\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiant Four O'Clock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePalmer's Penstemon (Beardtongue)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRock Gili\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotchleaf Phacelia (Scorpionweed)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYellowthroats (Fremont's Phacelia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePalmer's Phacelia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Larkspur (Mojave Larkspur)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoneysweet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeppergrass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoolly Plantain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiny Herb (Devil's Spineflower)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert Mistletoe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlower Color Cross-Reference Guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeaf Shapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeaf Arrangements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInflorescence Types\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggested Reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u0026gt;About the Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Nevada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534586978647,"sku":"9781647790981","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781647790981.jpg?v=1731895268","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-guide-to-common-plants-of-lake-mead-national-recreation-area-9781647790981","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}