Flowers of the Southwest Deserts

by Natt N. Dodge

Series:Southwestern Monuments Association Popular Series

Description

An identification guide to the common and the unique flowers of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and California's deserts, arranged by plant form and petal color, that describes the plants' habits and their uses by animals, the native peoples, and settlers.

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EvalineAuerbach 175 reviews

With a discussion and map of deserts and drawings and photographs of flowers, this is a simple and handsome guide to identifying what is growing out there in wildflower season,OM

Mar 23, 2011

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