The West Without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and other Climatic Clues Tell Us About Tomorrow Los Nogales Plant Characteristics Family Name Cactaceae

Plant Characteristics Family Name Cactaceae Species Name Ferocactus viridescens Common Name San Diego Barrel Cactus Plant Type Cactus/Succulent Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

restricted to a small patch of serpentine soil on Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County

spectacular succulents

a reverence for nature

150 full-color photos and maps

The West Without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and other Climatic Clues Tell Us About Tomorrow Los Nogales Plant Characteristics Family Name CactaceaeThe West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources. Looking at the regions current water crisis from the perspective of its climate history, the authors ask the central question of what is normal climate for the West, and whether the relatively benign climate of the past century will