Plant Life category: 1095 books
What a Plant Knows
A Field Guide to the Senses
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it actually feel an insect's tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they actually remember the weather?
For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin's early...
Ginseng Dreams
The Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
American Ginseng has a strange and perilous history. It has one of the longest germination periods of any known species, and only two environments in the world have offered the ideal growing conditions for wild ginseng. The first was the forests of northern China, which disappeared over a millennium...
by Margaret Redfern
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
A much-needed study on plant galls – growths on plants formed of plant tissue that are caused by other organisms. Most naturalists have come across oak apples, robin’s pincushions, marble galls and witches’ brooms, a few of the more familiar examples of the strange growths that are plant galls....
Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont
A Naturalist's Guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
This richly illustrated field guide serves as an introduction to the wildflowers and plant communities of the southern Appalachians and the rolling hills of the adjoining piedmont. Rather than organizing plants, including trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, by flower color or family characteristics,...
by Henry N. Ellacombe
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
"A very readable and graceful volume." — Saturday Review
"Entitled from its worth to a place in every Shakespearian library." — Spectator.
"As accurate as it is delightful." — Gardener's Chronicle.
"Deserves a place on the shelves of both the student of Shakespeare...
by R. K. SINGH
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Viruses that infect plants are responsible for reduction in both yield and quality of crops around the world, which are of great economic importance. This has provided the impetus for the extensive research into the molecular and cellular biology of these pathogens and into their interaction with...
Wild Spring Plant Foods
The Foxfire AMericana Library (7)
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
A handy illustrated guide to the edible plant life available in Appalachia and other temperate areas during the spring. From sassafras to rhubarb, each entry includes instructions on where to find the plant, how to spot it, and the ways it is best eaten, often with recipes.
Plants include:
Morel
Asparagus
Wild...
Wild Summer and Fall Plant Foods
The Foxfire Americana Library (8)
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
A handy illustrated guide to the edible plant life available in Appalachia and surrounding areas during the summer and fall seasons. From berries to herbs perfect for teas and tonics, each entry includes information on where to find the plant, how to spot it, and the best ways to eat it, often with...
by Kasia Boddy
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
They are sometimes called storksbills and originated in South Africa. They may be star-shaped or funnel-shaped, and they range in color from white, pink, and orange-red to fuchsia and deep purple. The geranium and its many species, much loved and also much loathed, have developed since the seventeenth...
The Plant Messiah
Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Carlos Magdalena is a man on a mission: to save the world’s most endangered plants. In The Plant Messiah, Magdalena takes readers from the forests of Peru to deep within the Australian outback in search of the rare and the vulnerable. Back in the lab—at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, home of...
Colorado Flora
Eastern Slope, Fourth Edition A Field Guide to the Vascular Plants
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope describes the remarkable flora of the state, distinctive in its altitudinal range, numerous microhabitats, and ancient and rare plants. Together with Colorado Flora: Western Slope, Fourth Edition, these volumes are designed to educate local amateurs and professionals...
Planting
A New Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
“Indispensable.” —The New York Times Book Review
Piet Oudolf’s gardens—unique combinations of long-lived perennials and woody plants that are rich in texture and sophisticated in color—are breathtaking and have deep emotional resonance. With Planting, designers and home gardeners...
Plant-Driven Design
Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
For too long, garden design has given pride of place to architecture, artifice, and arbitrary principles. The results? Soulless landscapes where plants play subordinate roles.
With passion and eloquence, Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden argue that only when plants are given the respect...
Colorado Flora
Western Slope, Fourth Edition A Field Guide to the Vascular Plants
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
Colorado Flora: Western Slope describes the remarkable flora of the state, distinctive in its altitudinal range, numerous microhabitats, and ancient and rare plants. Together with Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope, Fourth Edition, these volumes are designed to educate local amateurs and professionals...