Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region : Mendocino to Monterey / Linda H. Beidleman and Eugene N. Kozloff.

Includes index.

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Cover; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Illustrations of Plant Structures; Abbreviations and Glossary; INTRODUCTION; Scientific Names, Common Names, and Geographic Ranges of Plants; Measurements; How to Use a Key to Identify a Plant; Conservation; Growing Native Plants; San Francisco Bay Region Plant Communities and Their Environments; References; Color plates; KEYS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION PLANTS; Key to Major Plant Groups; Nonflowering Plant Species and Families; Ferns and Fern Allies (Pteridophytes); Cone-bearing Plants (Gymnosperms); Flowering Plant Families.

Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines (Non-conifers)Herbaceous Plants; Flowering Plant Species; Dicotyledonous Families; ADOXACEAE (MUSKROOT FAMILY); AIZOACEAE (FIG-MARIGOLD FAMILY); AMARANTHACEAE (AMARANTH FAMILY); ANACARDIACEAE (SUMAC FAMILY); APIACEAE (CARROT FAMILY); APOCYNACEAE (DOGBANE FAMILY); AQUIFOLIACEAE (HOLLY FAMILY); ARALIACEAE (GINSENG FAMILY); ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (PIPEVINE FAMILY); ASTERACEAE (SUNFLOWER FAMILY); BALSAMINACEAE (TOUCH-ME-NOT FAMILY); BERBERIDACEAE (BARBERRY FAMILY); BETULACEAE (BIRCH FAMILY); BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY); BRASSICACEAE (MUSTARD FAMILY).

Calycanthaceae (sweetshrub family)campanulaceae (bellflower family); cannabaceae (hemp family); caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family); caryophyllaceae (pink family); celastraceae (staff-tree family); ceratophyllaceae (hornwort family); chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family); cistaceae (rockrose family); convolvulaceae (morning-glory family); cornaceae (dogwood family); crassulaceae (stonecrop family); cucurbitaceae (gourd family); datiscaceae (datisca family); dipsacaceae (teasel family); droseraceae (sundew family); elaeagnaceae (oleaster family); elatinaceae (waterwort family).

Ericaceae (heath family)euphorbiaceae (spurge family); fabaceae (pea family); fagaceae (oak family); frankeniaceae (frankenia family); garryaceae (silk-tassel family); gentianaceae (gentian family); geraniaceae (geranium family); grossulariaceae (gooseberry family); gunneraceae (gunnera family); haloragaceae (water-milfoil family); hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family); hypericaceae (st. john's-wort family); juglandaceae (walnut family); lamiaceae (mint family); lauraceae (laurel family); lentibulariaceae (bladderwort family); limnanthaceae (meadowfoam family); linaceae (flax family).

Loasaceae (blazing-star family)lythraceae (loosestrife family); malvaceae (mallow family); martyniaceae (unicorn-plant family); menyanthaceae (buckbean family); molluginaceae (carpetweed family); montiaceae (miner's-lettuce family); myricaceae (wax-myrtle family); myrsinaceae (myrsine family); myrtaceae (myrtle family); nyctaginaceae (four-o'clock family); nymphaeaceae (waterlily family); oleaceae (olive family); onagraceae (evening-primrose family); orobanchaceae (broomrape family); oxalidaceae (oxalis family); paeoniaceae (peony family); papaveraceae (poppy family).

This is the definitive botanic guide to the wetlands, woodlands, coastlines, hills, and valleys of the beautiful and diverse San Francisco Bay Region. For this extensively revised and redesigned third edition of Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region, the identification keys have been thoroughly updated to include 21 new families, 155 new species, and approximately 330 changes in the scientific names, ensuring that this popular book will continue to be the most comprehensive and authoritative identification guide to the region's native and introduced plants. Easy-to-use keys de.

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