Cactaceas de Sonora, Mexico: Su Diversidad, Uso y Conservacion

by Rafaela Paredes Aguilar, Thomas R. Van Devender, Richard S. Felger

$24.95 Softcover
February 2000
ISBN: 1886679142
Paperback: 132 pages
Dimensions: 9 x 6 inches

Description
This is the first comprehensive book on the cacti of the State of Sonora, which includes much of the Sonoran Desert as well as thornscrub, tropical deciduous forest, grassland, and the oak woodland and pine-oak forests of the isolated "sky islands" and the Sierra Madre Occidental. Descriptions, distributions, ecological settings, ethnobotany, paleoecology, and conservation concerns are provided for each of the 98 species.

Many rare species are illustrated in the 64 pages of color photos (Spanish and English captions).

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