arizona

Deciduous Trees

Acer tataricum - Tatarian Maple

Acer pennsylvanicum - Snakebark Maple, Moosewood, Striped Maple

The Arizona Low Desert Flower Garden (554 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 09:07:29 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Fully illustrated and comprehensive guide to planning and planting a garden in the low deserts of Arizona ...

Andropogon geradii - Big Bluestem (651 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 09:18:16 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Big Bluestem is a clump forming perennial grass. The lower stems are purplish or bluish color and the leaves are 1/2 inch wide and up to 20 inches long. The arrangement of the flowers in three dense elongate clusters is the reason for the common name of turkey-foot grass. It grows best in moist well drained soil in full sun and is a major component of the tallgrass prairie. Native grasses are host to several Skipper butterflies. ...

Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot (659 readers)

Contributed by amazon 01.07 2007 on 21:34:26 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Chasing Wildflowers (449 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.07 2007 on 14:56:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

What can possess a man to drive across state lines, mountain ranges, and international borders with little more than a ragged guide book, an old map, and a wild look in his eyes? Wild women? No, wild flowers ! Author Scott Calhoun invites you to join him on a rollicking adventure through Utah, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and into Sonora, Mexico. Along the way, learn how red chile on a white T-shirt can look like a gunshot wound, and how a man driving a VW Jetta with 100,000 ...

The Cactus Family (1768 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.01 2007 on 14:51:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Only now, at the beginning of the new millennium, is there an up-to-date, comprehensive study of the cactus family. This long-awaited, monumental work covers the Cactaceae in an encyclopedic manner, addressing 125 genera and 1810 species. The most comprehensive single resource on the subject available today, it includes more than 1000 color photographs in addition to other illustrations. ...

Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest (603 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.08 2007 on 08:47:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

As the world heats up and we become more and more conscious of our place in the natural scheme, the appeal of the native plants of the Southwest becomes ever more compelling for gardeners. In addition to providing year-round beauty with relatively little maintenance, landscaping with native plants contributes to the repair of the natural ecosystem and brings us closer to our environment—and the array of native plant material available to the Southwestern gardener is diverse and spectacular, prov ...

Agaves of Continental North America (685 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.04 2007 on 18:55:18 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A definitive reference by the recognized authority on the genus, combining taxonomic information with ethnobotanical insights. ...