The Quiet Extinction: Stories of North America's Rare and Threatened Plants

by Kara Rogers

In the United States and Canada, thousands of species of native plants are edging toward the brink of extinction, and they are doing so quietly. They are slipping away inconspicuously from settings as diverse as backyards and protected lands. The factors that have contributed to their disappearance are varied and complex, but the consequences of their loss are immeasurable.

With extensive histories of a cast of familiar and rare North American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816531064
• ISBN13: 9780816531066
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"