Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions

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An illustrated Flora of Yosemite National Park

By Botti, Stephen J.

Publishing Date: c2001

Classification: R

Call Number: R 581.9794 BOT

An exquisitely color illustrated volume presenting a dichotomous key, accompanied by thorough descriptions and information about habitat, elevation, and flowering times of the flowering plants found throughout the central Sierra Nevada region within the elevation range from about 500 to 4,000 meters. Included are only those taxa known to exist within the boundaries of Yosemite National Park and the El Portal Administrative Site. Botti, a botanist formerly in the resources management division at Yosemite National Park, follows the conventions of The Jepson Manual, Higher Plants of California , edited by James C. Hickman (1993). The taxonomic treatment of divisions, classes, subclasses, and orders generally follows the conventions presented in Plant Classification (2d ed.) by Lyman Benson. Illustrated by Walter Sydoriak, with line drawings by Lesley Randall and Katherine M. Hocker. Printed on archival, art-quality paper and casebound with a dust jacket. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - (Book News)

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Wood: identification and use

By Porter, Terry

Publishing Date: 2004

Classification: R

Call Number: R674.1 POR

Describes more than two hundred woods commonly used in carpentry, with useful facts on working properties, seasoning requirements, durability, typical uses, and health risks, and short listings for two hundred less popular woods. - (Baker & Taylor)

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NEW RELEASE

Warman's antiques & collectibles 2017

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: R

Call Number: R745.1

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Historical atlas of the Pacific Northwest: maps of exploration and discovery : British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon

By Hayes, Derek

Publishing Date: 1999

Classification: R

Call Number: R979.501 HAY

Reproduces and profiles more than 320 sixteenth- to twentieth-century maps of this region of the U.S. and Canada, including famous explorations, the purchase of Alaska, and the 1897 Klondike gold rush.

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