Desert Plants, Volume 2, Number 3 (Autumn 1980)

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ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Desert Plants is a unique botanical journal published by The University of Arizona for Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. This journal is devoted to encouraging the appreciation of indigenous and adapted arid land plants. Desert Plants publishes a variety of manuscripts intended for amateur and professional desert plant enthusiasts. A few of the diverse topics covered include desert horticulture, landscape architecture, desert ecology, and history. First published in 1979, Desert Plants is currently published biannually with issues in June and December.

Digital access to this material is made possible by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona.

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University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980
Biomass Potential in Arizona

Foster, Kennith E.; Rawles, R. Leslie; Karpiscak, Martin M.; Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona (University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980)
Ammobroma sonorae, an Endangered Parasitic Plant in Extremely Arid North America

Nabhan, Gary; Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona (University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980)
Distribution of the Boojum Tree, Idria columnaris on the Coast of Sonora, Mexico as Influenced by Climate

Humphrey, Robert R.; Marx, David B.; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona (University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980)

In a previous study a possible relationship between climate, largely relative humidity, and the restricted distribution of Idria columnaris Kellogg in an area near the Gulf of California coast in Sonora, Mexico was proposed. This hypothesis has been tested and, to a degree at least, confirmed here by supportive data. Precipitation data from 4 stations for a 5-year period and relative humidity records for from 33-38 months indicate a positive correlation between high relative humidity and the occurrence of Idria. There was no correlation between either temperature or total annual precipitation and Idria occurrence. The establishment of Idria in this arid environment appears to be possible only where the limited precipitation is combined with a persistently high humidity.
Arboretum Progress

McKittrick, Robert T.; Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum (University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980)
Dry Country Plants of the South Texas Plains

Crosswhite, Frank S.; Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona (University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980)
Editorial - Stimulation of Desert Plant Research in the United States as a Little-known Result of the Russuan Revolution of 1917

University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980
Desert Plants, Volume 2, Number 3 (Autumn 1980)

University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1980