Uses a question and answer format to describe how a sunflower seed develops into a full grown plant, and how birds and insects assist in the plant's reproduction.
Uses a question and answer format to describe how a sunflower seed develops into a full grown plant, and how birds and insects assist in the plant's reproduction.
Towering over deserts, arid scrublands, and dry tropical forests, giant cacti grow throughout the Americas, from the United States to Argentina?often in rough terrain and on barren, parched soils, pla
A unique plant on many levels, the distinctive properties of the Jerusalem artichoke, or Helianthus tuberosus L., present novel answers to some of today's most pressing problems. The potential of Jeru
Although Kayla is unhappy when her family must grow beans for their community farm, she soon thinks that beans are fun, as she watches them sprout from seeds to pods.
A visual reference to 500 cacti. The cactus family includes more than 2,500 species of cacti, succulents, caudiciforms and euphorbs. Native to the Americas, they are at least 50 million years old a
Distinguished by its slender vertical branches, which resemble the tubes of a pipe organ, and growing to the imposing height of 15 to more than 30 feet, it’s obvious how the organ pipe cactus got its
Pitcher plants include the largest and most beautiful of the world's carnivorous plants, plants that are viewed with fascination by people of all ages, nationalities and walks of life. Pitcher Plants
Though this alien species is the bane of manicured lawns, dandelion's lion-toothed tenaciousness has won the grudging respect of an upstate New York environmental educator and as she relates, others i
Here is a book about the Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnut for healing and eating. In England the horse chestnut or conker is a much-loved tree. Its edible cousin, the sweet chestnut, is valued here i
Since the 1980s, Arabidopsis thaliana has become a model plant organism for biological research in the laboratory. Salinas (biotechnology, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Al
This intensely practical account drawn from the long experience of Robin White has been eagerly awaited by Daphne enthusiasts and collectors. Acute observation of the growth, flowering characteristics
Humanity has found a use for each and every part of the elder: leaf, bark, wood or branch, flower and, finally, berry or fruit. Some of these functions are grounded in superstition: that the elder enc
This unique reference work presents the first comprehensive taxonomy of Coryphantha, with a complete key to the genus. It contains a new taxonomic classification of all 43 species and 11 subspecies, w
A Southwest Book of the Year * 2005 Southwest Book Award ?[A] monumental study.” ?Review of Texas Books ?A reliable and handy general reference for those with an interest in cacti inside and outsid
From the best-selling author of Remarkable Trees of the World, a celebration of the most extraordinary tree of them all. Standing tall on the sunburned plains of Africa and Australia, baobabs may be
