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Tables of Contents for New Mexico Vegetation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
Physical Environment of New Mexico
1
8
Landscape Diversity
1
1
Landscape Development
1
3
Climate
4
2
Soils
6
3
History of New Mexico Vegetation
9
18
Reconstruction of Past Vegetation
9
1
Tertiary-Quaternary Vegetation
10
5
Pleistocene-Holocene Vegetation
15
3
Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Vegetation
18
9
Vegetation and Ecology
27
8
Vegetation Patterns
27
4
Vegetation Dynamics
31
1
Vegetation Typing
32
3
Terrestrial Vegetation of New Mexico
35
12
Classification and Mapping Vegetation
35
1
Classification of New Mexico Vegetation
35
2
Vegetation Classification for New Mexico
37
1
Current New Mexico Vegetation
37
1
New Mexico Vegetation Map
38
1
Use of Common and Scientific Plant Names
39
8
Alpine Tundra and Coniferous Forest
47
38
Alpine Tundra
47
1
Climate
47
1
Vegetation and Environment
48
2
Coniferous Forest
50
1
Subalpine Coniferous Forest
51
7
Upper Montane Coniferous Forest
58
8
Lower Montane Coniferous Forest
66
4
Aspen Disturbance Forest
70
15
Woodland and Savanna Vegetation
85
16
Woodland
85
1
Coniferous Woodland
85
2
Coniferous and Mixed Woodland
87
1
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
87
3
Mixed Woodland
90
1
Savanna
91
1
Juniper Savanna
91
1
Disturbance and Succession
91
10
Grassland Vegetation
101
22
Subalpine-Montane Grassland
101
3
Plains-Mesa Grassland
104
2
Desert Grassland
106
17
Scrubland Vegetation
123
22
Montane Scrub
123
5
Plains-Mesa Sand Scrub
128
1
Great Basin Desert Scrub
129
2
Chihuahuan Desert Scrub
131
14
Riparian Vegetation
145
20
Concept of Riparian Vegetation
145
2
Overview of Riparian Vegetation in New Mexico
147
1
Alpine Riparian
147
1
Montane Riparian
148
3
Floodplain-Plains Riparian
151
1
Arroyo Riparian
152
1
Closed Basin--Playa--Alkali Sink Riparian
153
12
Vegetation of Special Habitats
165
14
Aquatic Vegetation
165
3
Vegetation of Rocky Unweathered (shallow or no soil) Surfaces
168
11
Species of Special Concern
179
46
Nature of the Problem
179
2
Why Save Species
181
2
Present Action
183
2
Process of Listing a Plant Species
185
2
Features of New Mexico Leading to Endemism
187
1
Endemism in New Mexico
188
2
Taxonomy and Plant Species in New Mexico
190
1
Nature of Threats to Species of Concern
191
1
Examples of Species of Special Concern in New Mexico
192
1
Review of Sources of Threats
193
32
The Future of New Mexico Vegetation
225
Need for Preservation
225
Concept of Natural Area
226
Natural Areas of New Mexico
228
Projections and Proposals
228
INDEXES
Subject Index
237
Index of Selected Key Plants
241