Grasses of the Intermountain Region edited by Laurel K. Anderton and Mary E. Barkworth ; illustrated by Cindy Talbot Roché and others

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Contents: Preface; Authors of treatments; Taxonomic Treatments; POACEAE or GRAMINEAE; Key to Tribes; BAMBUSOIDEAE; EHRHARTOIDEAE; POOIDEAE, ; ARUNDINOIDEAE; CHLORIDOIDEAE; DANTHONIOIDEAE; ARISTIDOIDEAE; PANICOIDEAE; Illustrations; Distribution Maps; Literature Cited; Index; Abbreviations
Summary: ""Grasses are an integral component of almost all terrestrial ecosystems, both natural and artificial. In some areas they are conspicuous, dominating the vegetation over large areas; in others, they are easily overlooked, our eyes being drawn first to trees, shrubs, and colorful flowers. Nevertheless, they are, in many respects, the world`s most successful plants, growing from tropical rain forests to arctic tundra, from ocean beaches to freshwater streams and lakes, and from strongly saline to strongly acidic soils. Their success can be attributed to many factors, not least the ability of pooid grasses to grow in cold climates, a remarkable achievement for plants whose ancestors evolved in tropical forests. Other lineages are more conspicuous in warm climates, the andropogonoid grasses that are most abundant in areas with a monsoonal climate, and panicoid grasses that flourish in warm climates with more or less evenly distributed rainfall."--Balogh International

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 2009

Call number: QK495.G74 G744 2009 (Internet)

Author: Anderton, Laurel K; Barkworth, Mary E. 1941-; Roché, Cindy Talbott

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Type: Identification; Electronic books; Field guides

Physical description: 1 online resource (xi, 559 pages) illustrations, maps

Place: Great Basin; United States

Topic: Grasses; NATURE--Plants--General; SCIENCE--General

Record ID: siris_sil_1153186

Usage: CC0