California's Wild Gardens: A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites

California's Wild Gardens: A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites by Faber, Phyllis M.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520240315.

Californias Wild Gardens showcases the splendid abundance of Californias native plants in their natural settings—from foggy rain forests and rolling grasslands to high alpine meadows and parched deserts. The book offers a close-up look at more than one hundred special sites in the state, highlighting their distinctive ecology, the rare and unique plants found in them, and some of their more familiar botanical treasures. With its spectacular color photographs and lively writing by some of Californias best biologists and ecologists, Californias Wild Gardens is the perfect introduction to the states remarkable botanical diversity. Like the best travel guides, it will inspire its readers to further explore Californias natural heritage. In addition to illuminating Californias botanical bounty, this book discusses threats facing the states flora and describes protection efforts now under way.