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With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.

Geology --- Endemic plants --- authoritative resource. --- botany and natural sciences. --- caves and caverns. --- colorado desert. --- dynamic geological environment. --- geological environments. --- geology and geography. --- mojave. --- mountains. --- native plants. --- natural faults. --- natural habitats. --- plate techtonics. --- san andreas fault. --- san diego. --- sierra nevada. --- southern california. --- yosemite national park.