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Flowers of the Southwest Deserts

Natt N. Dodge

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .h lie dormant in the soil during the rest of the year, thus escaping the season of heat and drought. There are two groups of these “quickies,” the summer ephemerals and the winter ephemerals. The former are hot-weather plants; the latter are species that thrive during the cool, moist weather of winter and early spring. These “quickies” present their spectacular floral displays only following seasons of above-average precipitation.

Drought-evading plants (in common with the deciduous plants of northern and colder climes which remain dormant while below-freezing temperatures prevail), meet the heat and drought by reducing the bodily processes to maintain life only, dropping their leaves, and remaining in a state of dormancy until temperature and moisture conditions, suitable to renewed activity, again prevail.

The drought-resisting plants are the bold spirits which take the worst that the desert has to offer without flinching, or resort. . . Read More

Community Reviews

4.00
- Pepper - Mar 28, 2014

Lots of great information on plants for my lovely Arizona home! Just wish that it had more photographs. Even a small photo on each page would help immensely to complement each drawing.

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- jeffrey - Jul 29, 2016

Good reference book to take along on a road trip.

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- Benjamin - Oct 29, 2023

A delightful introduction to flowers in the southwestern lowlands. Dodge expertly provides an overview of the most characteristic flowers of lowland deserts throughout the Southwest (with a slight focus on the Sonoran Desert). While identification information is quite lacking (one must rely almost e

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- Scott - Jan 18, 2016

This is the third guide I own in the Southwest Parks and Monuments Association series, and probably the one I have used least. That isn't the guide's fault, it is just the newest addition to my natural history library. However it seems to be of the same high quality as the others in this series ("Sh

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