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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Harrison, Susan (Susan Patricia)

Plant and animal endemism in California / Susan Harrison.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-27554-6 (cloth : alkaline paper)

eISBN 9780520954731

1. Endemic plants—California. 2. Endemic animals—California. 3. Endemic plants—Ecology—California. 4. Endemic animals—Ecology—California. 5. Endemic plants—Conservation—California. 6. Endemic animals—Conservation—California. I. Title.

QK149.H444 2013

581.9794—dc23

2012043370

Manufactured in the United States of America

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (R 2002) (Permanence of Paper).

Cover image: Sickle-leaved onion (Allium falcifolium), Oregon stonecrop (Sedum oreganum), and Siskiyou bitterroot (Lewisia cotyledon), members of three genera rich in Californian endemics.