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Each species description is accompanied by a line drawing, a colored photo, habit description, and range.
The landscapes, cultures, and cuisines of deserts in the Middle East and North America have commonalities that have seldom been explored by scientistsÑand have hardly been celebrated by society at large. Sonoran Desert ecologist Gary Nabhan grew up around Arab grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in a family that has been emigrating to the United States and Mexico from Lebanon for more than a century, and he himself frequently travels to the deserts of the Middle East. In an era when some Arabs and Americans have markedly distanced themselves from one another, Nabhan has been prompted to explore their common ground, historically, ecologically, linguistically, and gastronomically. Arab/A...
Report on a recovery plan for two trees endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Known populations are found in Makaleha and within the District of North Kona on the leeward (west and northwest) slope of Hualalai.
Report on a recovery plan fo 13 plant taxa which are endemic to the Island of Molokai and the Hedyotis mannii are endemic to the Island of Maui and the Island of Lanai, and the Silene lanceolata if found on Oahu, Hawaii, and Molokai.
Report on a recovery plan for five endangered species Cyanea undulata, Dubautia pauciflorula, Hesperomannia lydgatei, Labordia lydgatei, and Viola helenae found in the Wahiawa drainage areas, Waioli Stream Valley and Makaleha Mountains on Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands.