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A general overview of the prehistoric Sinagua settlements of Montezuma Castle, Tuzigoot, and Montezuma Well in Arizona's Verde Valley, Also includes information about the abandoned Fort Verde, the old mining town of Jerome, and the bustling community of Sedona.
This booklet features color photos and descriptions of ninety-four beautiful native trees, shrubs, vines, cacti, grasses, and flowers suitable for landscaping in the areas surrounding Albuquerque. A map on the back divides the region into four gardening zones. Irrigation instructions and guidelines are designed to help gardeners in this arid region to plant a healthy and colorful garden that can be maintained with minimum watering.
More than a field guide, this work offers cultural and botanical essays that present useful and fascinating facts about 75 species of wildflowers, including strategies for survival, plant evolution, origins of common and scientific plant names, family characteristics, and their roles in human history.
Plants are arranged in five sections: Trees and Shrubs, Succulents, Cacti, Wildflowers (further grouped by flower color), and Nonflowering Plants. Each plant profile is illustrated with a drawing by botanist Robert DeWitt Ivey and a photograph by the author.
The Chihuahuan desert is the second largest in North America and its northern, or United States, portion occupies southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and Texas west of the Pecos River. Hot, dry, and windy, the desert is home to a unique community of plants that have adapted to its harsh environment. Visitors to the area will find this volume a practical identification guide, offering descriptions of seventy-five representative species of northern Chihuahuan Desert plants. Each illustrated profile includes the plant’s common and Latin name and a brief description, as well as its role in human history, its relationship to the surrounding flora and fauna, medicinal uses, nutritional value, habitat, toxicity, and other interesting facts.
Line drawings with some color photgraphs; 190 species of flowers arranged by petal color with descriptions and introductory notes.
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