A compact, comprehensive, and updated field guide! After retiring to Arizona my husband and I searched for a comprehensive field guide to Arizona plants—wildflowers, cacti, trees, shrubs, vines, and ferns. When we found none, we decided to write our own. And so we planned this compact guide for hikers, campers, rangers, and other amateur botanists who are interested in recognizing, as well as learning more about, Arizona’s plants. We now present a new edition with updated plant information thanks to the help of John Wiens. This edition also reorganizes the plants to aid in visual identification; plant photos now accompany their corresponding descriptions and can be found by division, color, and family more easily. Angiosperms: Flowers Velvet Turtleback—Psathyrotes ramosissima Sunflower family (Asteraceae)Form: Mounding subshrub; to less than 1'Flowers: Bright yellow disc flowers in tiny, solitary heads; bracts hairy and blue-green.Leaves: Pale blue-green, woolly pubescence, puckered around dark green veins; roundish, but straight where blade meets petiole. Alternate.Blooms: Spring (sporadically other times)Elevation: 100' to 2,100'Habitat: Sandy flats; lower Sonoran zone; western Arizona Scarlet Cinquefoil—Hierba Colorada—Potentilla thurberi Rose family (Rosaceae)Form: Upright perennial; to 2'Flowers: Dark red, with 5 petals; in loose cluster; to 1" wide.Leaves: Dark green, basal leaves with silky hairs on underside and 5 to 7 finely toothed leaflets, each to 2" long; smaller leaves on stem.Blooms: July–OctoberElevation: 5,000' to 9,000'Habitat: Rich soils; evergreen woodland to conifer forest zones Sonoran Beardtongue—Penstemon stenophyllus Plantago family (Plantaginaceae)Form: Clumping perennial; flower spikes to 2'Flowers: Violet-blue, funnel-form, throat white; to 2" long. Few along delicate stalk.Leaves: Narrow; lower with petiole, upper clasping; pubescent.Blooms: May–SeptemberElevation: 3,600' to 6,000'Habitat: Hills and rocky drainages; grassland to evergreen woodland zones, southeast Arizona Cacti, Gymnosperms, and Ferns Fishhook Barrel Cactus—Biznaga de Agua—Ferocactus wislizeni Cactus family (Cactaceae)Form: Upright succulent; to 6'+Flowers: Red-orange to yellow, to 21/2" wide. Fruit yellow, cylindrical, scaly, to 13/4" long.Spines & stems: Grayish to reddish; central flat, ridged, sharply hooked, hairlike radial spines. Stems thick (2' in diameter), with 20 to 28 ribs.Blooms: July–SeptemberElevation: 580' to 5,000'Habitat: Hills and bajadas; lower Sonoran to grassland zones One-Seed Juniper—Cedro—Juniperus monosperma Cypress family (Cupressaceae)Form: Evergreen shrub or tree; to 25'Seed cones: Dioecious. Coppery green, covered with a bluish wax; to 1/4" in diameter; usually only 1-seeded. Cones mature in 1 year.Leaves & stems: Yellowish green, scalelike needles; about 1⁄16" long. Bark gray and shredding; wood aromatic.Elevation: 3,000' to 7,000'Habitat: Plateaus and hills; evergreen woodland to conifer forest zones Wright’s Cliff Brake—Helecho—Pellaea wrightiana (P. ternifolia var. wrightiana) Cloak Fern family (Pteridaceae)Description: Bluish-green fronds. Stipe is round, grooved, and shiny; very dark chestnut brown to almost black. Fronds are narrowly triangular and bipinnate. Pinnae are slightly wavy-edged, with the margins rolled under. Fronds up to 15" tall. Drought deciduous.Elevation: 2,100' to 8,800'Habitat: Rocky hillsides and crevices; Sonoran uplands to conifer forest zones; Chihuahuan desertscrub
✔ Author(s): Anne Orth Epple,John F. Dr. Wiens
✔ Title: Plants of Arizona (Falconguides)
✔ Rating : 4.4 out of 5 base on (18 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1493057936
✔ ISBN-13: 9781493057931
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
Readers' opinions about Plants of Arizona by Anne Orth Epple
Jillian Neel
What an intellectual journey! The themes explored in this book challenged my perceptions and sparked introspection. It's refreshing to read a book that provokes such thought.
Melody Blake
The author's ability to evoke a wide range of emotions through their words is truly remarkable. I felt like I was on an emotional rollercoaster throughout the entire book.
Polly Hurlbutt
The plot was so well-paced that I lost track of time while reading. I was completely immersed in the story, eagerly turning the pages to uncover the next twist.
