Flowers of the Southwest Deserts

by Natt N. Dodge

Printed in the United States of America by
Rydal Press, Santa Fe, N.M.

1. Big Bend National Park 2. Carlsbad Caverns National Park 3. Casa Grande National Monument 4. Chiricahua “ “ 5. Death Valley “ “ 6. Joshua Tree “ “ 7. Montezuma Castle “ “ 8. Organ Pipe Cactus “ “ 9. Saguaro “ “ 10. Tonto “ “ 11. Tumacacori “ “ 12. White Sands “ “ 13. Lake Mead Nat’l Recreation Area

Desert Areas of the West—this booklet deals with the common plants of three of them: (1) the Chihuahua; (2) the Sonoran; and (3) the Mojave.

Plants of the higher plateau country of from 4,500 to 7,000-feet elevation are shown and described in “Flowers of the Southwest Mesas,” companion volume to this one, by Pauline M. Patraw and Jeanne R. Janish, 1951.

Mountain zone vegetation (from the Ponderosa Pine belt, or about 7,000 feet, on up) is the subject of “Flowers of the Southwest Mountains,” the third of the triad, by Leslie P. Arnberger and Jeanne R. Janish.

FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS

By Natt N. Dodge
Drawings by Jeanne R. Janish

HOW TO USE THIS BOOKLET

In order that you may get full value from this booklet, it is important that you understand how to make the greatest use of it. The purpose of the booklet is double: (1) to introduce the common desert flowers to newcomers to the Southwest; and (2), to give a little background of information about the plants’ interesting habits and how they have been and are used by animals, by the native peoples, and by the settlers. Every effort has been made to present accurate, if not always complete, information.