TY - BOOK AU - Kruckeberg,Arthur R. TI - Introduction to California soils and plants: serpentine, vernal pools, and other geobotanical wonders T2 - California natural history guides SN - 0520233719 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - QK86.U6 K78 2006 U1 - 581.68/09794 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Rare plants KW - California KW - Ecophysiology KW - Soils KW - Plant-soil relationships KW - Plantas raras KW - Plantas rara KW - Ecofisiología KW - Suelos KW - Relación planta-suelo N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 249-258) e índice; Introduction : how geology shapes plant life -- The evolution of species with limited ranges -- The taxonomy of restricted plants -- 1. Landforms and plant life -- Mountains, climate, and flora -- The Channel Islands : insularity of landforms and plant life -- The Great Central Valley -- Vernal pools -- Dunes -- Pygmy pine barrens -- Wetlands : creations of landform diversity -- Final thoughts on landforms and plant life -- 2. Plants and their soils -- The study of geoedaphics -- Making soils from rocks -- Soil profiles -- A primer in plant-soil chemistry -- 3. The serpentine story -- What is serpentine? -- Plant tolerance to serpentine -- The serpentine landscape -- Serpentine dwellers -- Serpentine endemics -- Soil wanderers -- 4. Other strange plant-soil relationships -- The limestone problem -- Bristle-cone pine forests -- The snow-wreath discovery -- Other limestone floras -- Plant life on sterile rock and soils -- The Pine Hill flannel bush -- Salty places and their plant life -- Geothermal areas : power or flora? -- Pine islands in a sea of sagebrush -- Normal rocks and soils -- Bogs and fens -- Guano habitats -- 5. Plant distribution over space and time -- The beginnings of plant geography -- The general purpose genotype -- Endemics and the California floristic province -- Indicator species -- 6. Human influences -- From early Spanish mines to the present -- The Gold Rush -- Habitat loss and exotic species -- Habitats meriting protective status -- Epilogue : geology gone wild -- Exploring California's geology and plant life -- Glossary UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004030028.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004030028-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004030028-d.html ER -