Botanical Features of North American Deserts
Daniel Trembly Macdougal
Lu par Leon Harvey
This book contains field research work of the desert laboratory near Tucson, Arizona, studying the botanical ecosystem surviving in the arid wilderness of the North American deserts. The geographical and geological landmarks, as well as man made outposts on the edge of the wilderness also entwine into this survey, and is considered a core text in the study of desert ecology.(Summary by Leon Harvey)