Botany -- California
The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
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General Web Sites
Plants Database
Nurseries
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BeWaterWise.com
http://www.bewaterwise.com/
Sponsored by southern California water agencies, this Web site is an
excellent source of information about drought-tolerant gardening.
It contains a Gardening Guide, a FAQ for California native plants, and
a "Native Knowledge" telephone hotline.
California Native
Plant Society
http://cnps.org/
This Web site covers native plant
information, sources, demonstrations and gardens in the local San Gabriel
Valley and surrounding areas.
Conservation and Xeriscape
http://www.water.denver.co.gov/cons_xeriscape/cons_xeriscapeframe.html
Contains a guide that explains the principals of Xeriscape.
The term Xeriscape was coined by a Colorado environmental
planner and therefore this site has a Colorado focus.
Las Pilitas
Nursery
http://laspilitas.com/
Contains a guide that explains the principals of Xeriscape, or water
conserving landscaping. The term Xeriscape was coined by a Colorado environmental planner and therefore
this site has a Colorado focus, but the principles are pertinent to
Southern California's dry climate.
Wildflowers of Southern California
http://www.callutheran.edu/wf/
Contains "photographs of wildflowers of the Southern California
chaparral, desert, mountains, and north coast indexed according
to scientific, common, or family names." It also links to
a collection of indexed photographs of California garden
flowers. The "External Resources" link lists and links to
numerous databases of plants of California.
Plants
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National Plant
Data Center
http://npdc.usda.gov/
This Web site is produced by the United States Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. The home
page provides a link; “Students”, to sources for plant and
conservation information. In addition to the link for students
this Web site serves as a gateway to three valuable sources of
plant information:
Plants
Database
http://plants.usda.gov/
This is a comprehensive collection of information about plants
in the United States. You can search by “Scientific Name,
Common Name, or Symbol”. There are over 16,000 images species,
abstracts, plants symbols, plant growth data, and a plant
guide.
NPDC Product Catalog
http://npdc.usda.gov/pdf/npdc_product_catalog.pdf
Provides information about current products and projects.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Technical Note Release
http://npdc.usda.gov/pdf/0105_tek_report.pdf
“… Produced by the NPDC ethnobotany office, this is the first
in a series providing step-by-step guidance on how to delve
into our rich human past and reconstruct historic land use and
management practices in different landscapes, using examples
from California.”
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Cal-Native Plants
www.cal-nativeplants.com
A nursery in Menifee, California that specializes in
California native plants.
Plant Native
http://www.plantnative.org/nd_ca.htm
Provides a list of nurseries in California.
Sources of Native Plants for the San Gabriel Chapter Area
http://www.cnps-sgm.org/sources.html
This is a listing provided by the San Gabriel Chapter of the
California Native Plant Society
Books
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The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:
A manual of the flowering plants of
California
Call number: Ref QK149.J54
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Botany--California
Cactus--California
Gardening--California
Plant communities--California
Plant ecology--California
WebCat
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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo
College Library.
Media
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The following media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library,
to be viewed in the Library.
Cadillac desert : Mulholland's dream
Call number: Video 001089
Cadillac Desert relates the story of the epic quest for water
and the role it has played in the transformation of the American
West. This episode tells of William Mulholland's search for
water for the people of Los Angeles. Superintendent of the L.A.
water system in 1913, he found a solution to the prblem in a
remote valley 250 miles to the north. After the city secured
water rights to the valley's Owens River, he spent 6 years
building an aqueduct across the Mojave Desert. The program also
recalls the shady land speculations behind the deal, how
northern ranchers fought back, and the great disaster that
destroyed his dream.
To quench a thirst : the California water crisis
Call number: Video 000999
Presents a comprehensive look at critical water resource issues
in California.
Articles
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The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The sample searches
and articles below are from the
ProQuest database. If you are viewing this
subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the
links below. To gain access if you are at home or off-campus,
first click here:
https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library/. Input your student
ID number and password [your birthdate]. You will see a list
of all the online databases to which you have access. Click on ProQuest and enter the database. You may conduct your own
searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and
click on any of the links below:
SU(botany) AND GEO(california)
Researched and evaluated by:
A. Enright, Librarian 2/2005
last update: D. Yashar, Librarian 12/2007
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