inconspicuous flowers (and therefore no trees, shrubs, grasses, 

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. 1971. Wild flowers of the United States. Volume 5: The 



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 the same limitations as the previous listing, about 3,000 species 

 in Washington and Oregon west of the Cascade Range, and 

 California south to the deserts. Again, color photographs for 

 most taxa included. 



Rodin, Robert J. 1960. Ferns of the Sierra. Yosemite Natural 

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 of all ferns of the Sierra, with keys and photographs, together 

 with a discussion on ferns and fern allies, their story and life 

 history. 



Rubtzoff, Peter. 1953. A phytogeographical analysis of the Pitkin 

 Marsh (Sonoma County). Wasmann Journal of Biology, Vol- 

 ume 11, Univ. San Francisco, San Francisco. A geographically 

 oriented study of the vegetation and flora of the Pitkin Marsh 

 "floral island" in Sonoma County, with an annotated list of 

 the species occurring there. 



Sharsmith, Helen K. 1945. Flora of the Mount Hamilton Range 

 of California. American Midland Naturalist, Volume 34, The 

 Univ. Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. A taxonomic study and 

 floristic analysis of the vascular plants of the area. Physio- 

 graphy, geology, climate, soils, plant communities, etc., fol- 

 lowed by an annotated list of species. 



. 1965. Spring wildflowers of the San Francisco Bay region. 



Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. Natural History 

 Guide Series. Over 300 species of wildflowers found in the 

 nine counties touching San Francisco Bay, of which about 215 

 species are keyed, briefly described, and illustrated. Introduc- 

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Smith, A. C. 1959. Introduction to the natural history of the San 

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