Kirk, D. 1970. Wild edible plants of the western United States. 

 Naturegraph Publishers, Healdsburg, California. Describes or 

 mentions about 2,000 species of higher plants, the bulk of the 

 edible plants of the region, and includes methods of prepara- 

 tion. Poisonous plants are also described. 



Legg, K. 1970. Lake Tahoe wildflowers, and of the central Sier- 

 ras. Naturegraph Publishers, Healdsburg, California. Describes 

 the commoner and more beautiful wildflowers of this area. 



Lenz, Lee W. 1956. Native plants for California gardens. Rancho 

 Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California. Gardeners 

 wishing to grow California natives will find here a wealth of 

 information on the characteristics, propagation, and horticul- 

 tural uses of native species recommended on the basis of the 

 long experience in growing them at the Rancho Santa Ana 

 Botanic Garden. 



Lindsay, George. 1963. Cacti of San Diego County. Society of 

 Natural History, San Diego. A beautifully written popular 

 booklet which will delight those interested in cacti. 



Uoyd, Robert, and Richard S. Mitchell. 1973. Plants of the 

 White Mountains, California and Nevada. Univ. Calif. Press, 

 Berkeley and Los Angeles. Botanical history, discussion of 

 plant communities and vegetation, phytogeography and com- 

 parative floristics, geology. Listing of the vascular plants with 

 keys to their identification. 



McClintock, Elizabeth, and Walter Knight, with Neil Fahy. 1968. 

 A flora of the San Bruno Mountains, San Mateo County, Cal- 

 ifornia. Calif. Academy Sciences, San Francisco. Annotated 

 plant list with discussion of history, topography, geology, cli- 

 mate and vegetation. 



McMinn, Howard E. 1939. An illustrated manual of California 

 shrubs. Univ. CaUf. Press, Berkeley. Technical treatment of 

 about 800 species of native shrubs with keys and semi-popu- 

 lar descriptions, well-illustrated. 



McMinn. Howard E., and Evelyn Maino. 1937. An illustrated 

 manual of Pacific Coast trees. Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley. A 

 manual of all Pacific Coast trees, both native and horticultur- 

 ally grown, of use to both the botanist and the interested ama- 

 teur. Simple keys, and well-drawn botanical descriptions for 

 each species. 



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