Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals Among California's Oaks Flora stewardship and conservation

stewardship and conservation

interspersed with sections that explore bugs with kinky sex lives (“She’s Just Not That Into You”)

Color plates for identifying the world’s manzanitas

300 taxa of vascular plants

which allows them to stay green year-round and to act as fire buffers around residences

Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals Among California's Oaks Flora stewardship and conservationScience Nature Environment Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards The acorn woodpeckers who call Waka! Waka! throughout California's oak woodlands unite in marriages of up to ten birds and raise their young cooperatively. California ground squirrels roll in rattlesnake skins to hide their scent from hungry snakes. Manzanita's sensuous red skin peels away in time for summer solstice, allowing trunks and branches to produce extra sugars to fuel