A California Flora Author:Philip A. Munz From front inside flap: The present volume is broader in content than Jepson's Manual, and incorporates many new developments in botany. It utilizes new system of grouping species according to their "plant communities" -- Redwood Forest, Valley Grassland, and the like--for a more accurate delimitation of the general habitat. Descriptions of the ... more »species give habitats, plant communities, altitudinal and geographic distribution, flowering dates, and chromosome numbers where know. The illustrations show clearly the characters used in descirptions and keys.« less