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Book Synopsis The Organ Pipe Cactus by : David Yetman
Download or read book The Organ Pipe Cactus written by David Yetman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished by its slender vertical branches, which resemble the tubes of a pipe organ, and growing to the imposing height of 15 to more than 30 feet, itÕs obvious how the organ pipe cactus got its name. In the United States, these spectacular and intriguing plants are found exclusively in a small area of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern corner of Arizona. With a landscape marked by sharp, rocky slopes and daytime highs in the summer reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit, the region is inhospitable for most ordinary life, whether plant or animal. But the organ pipe cactus is far from ordinary. Although it is the most common columnar cactus, it is so unusual in the United States that it is only one of three cacti to have a national preserve established to protect it. In this regard, it joins a select group of plantsÑincluding Joshua trees, redwoods, and sequoiasÑupon which that honor has been conferred. In this beautifully illustrated, large-format book, David Yetman provides an in-depth and comprehensive look at these intriguing and picturesque plants that most Americans will never have the opportunity to see. Chapters explore their ethnobotanical uses, their habitat, their distribution, and special conditions required for their germination, establishment, growth, and survival. Yetman also places the organ pipe in perspective as a member of a genus with at least twenty-three species, ranging from the prostrate Stenocereus eruca of Baja California to the 50-foot high giant S. chacalapensis of the coast of Oaxaca.
Book Synopsis The Saguaro Cactus by : David Yetman
Download or read book The Saguaro Cactus written by David Yetman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saguaro, with its great size and characteristic shape—its arms stretching heavenward, its silhouette often resembling a human—has become the emblem of the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. The largest and tallest cactus in the United States, it is both familiar and an object of fascination and curiosity. This book offers a complete natural history of this enduring and iconic desert plant. Gathering everything from the saguaro’s role in Sonoran Desert ecology to its adaptations to the desert climate and its sacred place in Indigenous culture, this book shares precolonial through current scientific findings. The saguaro is charismatic and readily accessible but also decidedly different from other desert flora. The essays in this book bear witness to our ongoing fascination with the great cactus and the plant’s unusual characteristics, covering the saguaro’s: history of discovery, place in the cactus family, ecology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, and ethnobotany. The Saguaro Cactus offers testimony to the cactus’s prominence as a symbol, the perceptions it inspires, its role in human society, and its importance in desert ecology.
Book Synopsis Cactus Hotel by : Brenda Z. Guiberson
Download or read book Cactus Hotel written by Brenda Z. Guiberson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993-10-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers."--Title page verso.
Book Synopsis Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by : Dusti Bowling
Download or read book Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus written by Dusti Bowling and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Which was me. And like two people online.” The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. “Those preparing to ‘slay the sucktastic beast known as high school’ will particularly appreciate this spirited read.” —Kirkus (Starred review) Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of “armage,” everything changes once again. She’s about to begin high school . . . with 3,000 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares her for the reality. In a year filled with confusion, humiliation, and just maybe love, can Aven manage to stay true to herself?
Download or read book The Great Cacti written by David Yetman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towering over deserts, arid scrublands, and dry tropical forests, giant cacti grow throughout the Americas, from the United States to Argentina—often in rough terrain and on barren, parched soils, places inhospitable to people. But as David Yetman shows, many of these tall plants have contributed significantly to human survival. Yetman has been fascinated by columnar cacti for most of his life and now brings years of study and reflection to a wide-ranging and handsomely illustrated book. Drawing on his close association with the Guarijíos, Mayos, and Seris of Mexico—peoples for whom such cacti have been indispensable to survival—he offers surprising evidence of the importance of these plants in human cultures. The Great Cacti reviews the more than one hundred species of columnar cacti, with detailed discussions of some 75 that have been the most beneficial to humans or are most spectacular. Focusing particularly on northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, Yetman examines the role of each species in human society, describing how cacti have provided food, shelter, medicine, even religiously significant hallucinogens. Taking readers to the exotic sites where these cacti are found—from sea-level deserts to frigid Andean heights—Yetman shows that the great cacti have facilitated the development of native culture in hostile environments, yielding their products with no tending necessary. Enhanced by over 300 superb color photos, The Great Cacti is both a personal and scientific overview of sahuesos, soberbios, and other towering flora that flourish where few other plants grow—and that foster human life in otherwise impossible places.
Book Synopsis Out where the West Begins by : Arthur Chapman
Download or read book Out where the West Begins written by Arthur Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contributions to Education by : George Peabody College for Teachers
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Book Synopsis Current Opinion by : Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Download or read book Current Opinion written by Edward Jewitt Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Appropriations, Budget Estimates, Etc by : United States. Congress
Download or read book Appropriations, Budget Estimates, Etc written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Statutes at Large by : United States
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Book Synopsis Compilation of National Park Service Laws, 108th Congress by : United States
Download or read book Compilation of National Park Service Laws, 108th Congress written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Compilation of National Park Service Laws of the ... Congress by : United States
Download or read book Compilation of National Park Service Laws of the ... Congress written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Compilation of National Park Service Laws by : United States
Download or read book Compilation of National Park Service Laws written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trail written by Will C. Bishop and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
