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Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas Completed

By Water Resources Mission Area May 8, 2018

Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants in the Sonoran Desert. The raw data from this publication have been preserved for historical reference.

Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas, by Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers, and Tony L. Burgess, is an update of the original 1972 atlas. It describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants in the Sonoran Desert. The raw data used to create this publication have been preserved for historical reference.

The data are presented in text format with fixed-width columns containing the data codes. The downloadable master zip archive (1.3 MB) includes a text file with all data, an Excel file with genus and species codes used in the data file, and a CSV file which lists the data column positions and codes used in the data file. It also contains a subdirectory with the data broken out into individual text files for each genus and species.

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    Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants in the Sonoran Desert. The raw data from this publication have been preserved for historical reference.

    Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas, by Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers, and Tony L. Burgess, is an update of the original 1972 atlas. It describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants in the Sonoran Desert. The raw data used to create this publication have been preserved for historical reference.

    The data are presented in text format with fixed-width columns containing the data codes. The downloadable master zip archive (1.3 MB) includes a text file with all data, an Excel file with genus and species codes used in the data file, and a CSV file which lists the data column positions and codes used in the data file. It also contains a subdirectory with the data broken out into individual text files for each genus and species.