Namaqualand : a succulent desert

Author(s)

• Paterson-Jones, Colin
• Pierce, Shirley M.
• Cowling, R. M. (Richard M.)

Bibliographic Information

Namaqualand : a succulent desert

by Richard Cowling and Shirley Pierce ; photography by Colin Paterson-Jones

Fernwood Press, 1999

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Famous for its spring time displays of annual flowers, Namaqualand is in fact a complex world of amazing diversity: a desert that harbours unrivalled ranges of succulent and bulbous plants. In exploring this harsh paradise, Cowling and Pierce reveal intriguing details of survival and reproduction, illustrated by outstanding photographs.

Table of Contents

• What is Namaqualand?
• an ancient desert
• the explorers
• plants and patterns
• coping
• reproduction
• survival.

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Details

• NCID: BA47251733
• ISBN:
  • 1874950415
• Country Code: sa
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Vlaeberg
• Pages/Volumes: 156 p.
• Size: 31 cm