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California Natural History Guide Series No. 90

University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.

London, England

© 2006 by the Regents of the University of California

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Quinn, Ronald D.

   Introduction to California chaparral / Ronald D. Quinn, Sterling C. Keeley ; with line drawings by Marianne D. Wallace.

    p.   cm. — (California natural history guides ; 90)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13 978-0-520-21973-1 (cloth : alk. paper), ISBN-10 0-520-21973-2 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN-13 978-0-520-24566-2 (pbk. : alk. paper), ISBN-10 0-520-24566-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Chaparral ecology—California.   2. Chaparral—California.   I. Keeley, Sterling C. II. Title. III. Series.

QH105.C2Q56   2006

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Manufactured in China

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).

Cover photograph: Chamise chaparral mixed with manzanitas, oaks, and pines, near the northern limit of chamise, Beegum Gorge, Shasta County. Photograph and plant identification by John Sawyer.