Saguaro National Monument
by Napier Shelton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dodge, Natt N. (Natt Noyes), 1900-1982
- Title
- Saguaro National Monument, Arizona
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Desert ecology -- Arizona -- Saguaro National Park
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 52532
- Release Date
- July 9, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.saguaro national monument ARIZONA
- 2.preface
- 3.contents
- 4.the desert scene
- 5.the sonoran desert and the monument — Geological Time Table
- 6.climate: the vital factor
- 7.rocks: foundation and soilmakers
- 8.plant and animal zones — Major Vegetation Types in Saguaro National Monument
- 9.desert plants — Succulents — The Saguaro—Monarch of the Monument — Other Common Cactuses — Non-Succulents — Perennials — Ephemerals
- 10.major plant communities of saguaro
- 11.plants of the hills and mountains — Oak-Pine Woodland — Ponderosa Pine Forest
- 12.animals and how they survive — Invertebrates — Amphibians — Reptiles — Birds — Mammals
- 13.the rhythms of nature
- 14.the impact of man
- 15.appendix — Suggested Reading — Common and Scientific Names of Plants — Reptiles and Amphibians of the monument. — Birds of the monument — Mammals of the monument — Photograph Credits
- 16.Transcriber’s Notes
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