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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
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- Author
- Kruckeberg, Arthur R.
- Publisher
- Berkeley: University of California Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520233720
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Fiction, Nature
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (10 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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