A Guide to Plants of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert

by Dodson, Carolyn; Ivey, Robert Dewitt

• ISBN13: 9780826350213
• ISBN10: 0826350216
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Carolyn Dodson has taught wildflower identification classes in the University of New Mexico Department of Continuing Education for more than twenty years. With William Dunmire, she is also me coauthor of Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Trees and Shrubs	p. 1
Succulents	p. 45
Cacti	p. 59
Wildflowers	p. 73
Nonflowering Plants	p. 169
Glossary	p. 175
Plant Part Illustrations by Heather Campbell	p. 177
Selected Bibliography	p. 181
About the Author	p. 183
About the Artist: Robert DeWitt Ivey, New Mexico Naturalist, by Eugene Jercinovic	p. 185
Index	p. 191
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