Keys And Charts For California Species Of Atriplex Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Keys and Charts for California Species of Atriplex The key is based primarily on duration of the plant (annual or perennial), distribution, and vegetative characters, but in many cases it was necessary to resort to the fruiting bracts for the separation of species or subspecies. The accompanying charts present descriptions of each species in a manner in which they can be compared. The drawings which illustrate the leaf characters and bracts of each species and subspecies supplement the descriptions given in the charts, and the variations from the typical leaf or bract for each species have been included. It is to be noted that the fruiting bracts are usually long-persistent, but, when not present, remnants of these may be found by digging in the litter at the base of the plant. All of the distinguishing characters used in the key have been underlined in the charts in order to emphasize them. The keys, charts, and drawings are based primarily on H. M. Hall and F. E. Clements, The North American Species of Artemisia, Chrysothamnus, and Atriplex, (carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. 326: 236-346, References were also made to W. L. Jepson, Manual of the Flowering Plants of California, and P. A. Munz, Manual of Southern California Botany. These have all been supplemented by a critical study of annotated specimens available in the U. C. Herbarium and specimens collected by the Vegetation Type Map Project. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.