Botany
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Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of ColonialismAn accessible foray into botany's origins and how we can transform its futureColonial ambitions spawned imperial attitudes, theories, and practices that remain entrenched within botany and across the life sciences. Banu Subramaniam draws on fields as disparate as queer studies, Indigenous studies, and the...
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A Habit Of Seeing: Journeys In Natural ScienceThe author, a botanist, horticulturalist, and journalist of long standing, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of the world around her armed with a gift for noticing what most of us miss in life. She trains a fresh, clear eye on the minute as easily...
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A Field Guide to Michigan WildflowersA Field Guide to Michigan Wildflowers describes and illustrates over 500 wildflowers found in Michigan. The book, first published in 1961 as Michigan Wildflowers by Helen Vandervort Smith, has been updated to the latest botanical nomenclature and family assignments, provides county-level distribution maps for...
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Plants of Deep South Texas: A Field Guide to the Woody & Flowering SpeciesA Field Guide to the Woody and Flowering Species Covering the almost three million acres of southernmost Texas known as the Lower Rio Grande Valley, this user-friendly guide is an essential reference for nature enthusiasts, farmers and ranchers, professional botanists, and anyone interested in...
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The Metamorphosis of PlantsGoethe's influential text, newly illustrated with stunning color photographs. The Metamorphosis of Plants, published in 1790, was Goethe's first major attempt to describe what he called in a letter to a friend "the truth about the how of the organism." Inspired by the diversity...
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Baobab: The Hadza of Tanzania and the Baobab as Humanity's Tree of LifeModern humans, descendants of a founding population that separated from chimpanzees some five to eight million years ago, are today the only living representative of a branching group of African apes called hominins. Because of its extraordinary size and shape, the baobab (Adansonia digitata...
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Wild Edible Salad GuideWhen was the last time you identified and harvested a wild plant to make a Wild Salad? This is your opportunity! This friendly resource will allow you to explore the outdoors in a new way as you make your own Wild Salad. It will...
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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on EarthAward-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom and reveals the astonishing capabilities of the green life all around us.It takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To...
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Guide to the Plants of the Wallowa Mountains of Northeastern OregonGuide to the Plants of the Wallowa Mountains of Northeastern Oregon, first published in 1975, is acomprehensive flora of the botanically rich Wallowa Mountains of northeast Oregon. Introductory sections discuss the natural history of the Wallowa Mountains, and their geology, vegetation zones and botanical...
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How Herbs Healed the WorldHerbs are wonderful things. Without them so much would not be possible. With the advance of science over the last two hundred years these once mystical plants have changed and saved countless lives, vastly improving our standard of living while providing us all with...
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Conifers of the New England-Acadian Forest: A Cultural HistoryWhy did white pine help spark the American Revolution? How did balsam aid the development of germ theory? What does hemlock have to do with making leather? In Conifers of the New England-Acadian Forest, microbiologist Steve Keating explores how conifers influenced the course of...
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101 Trees of Indiana: A Field GuideFor decades, 101 Trees of Indiana has provided all you need to identify a tree in the Hoosier State, whatever the season. This revised edition includes over 100 species of trees, mostly native to the state but also others that are widely naturalized or...
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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on EarthAward-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom and reveals the astonishing capabilities of the green life all around us.It takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To...
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American Household BotanyAuthor: Judith SumnerPublisher: Timber Press (OR)Published: 09/15/2004Pages: 398Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.94lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.13dISBN: 9780881926521Review Citation(s): Booklist 09/15/2004 pg. 187Scitech Book News 12/01/2004 pg. 123Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1253About the AuthorSumner, Judith: - Judith Sumner teaches medicinal botany at the Arnold Arboretum of...
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Planting Our WorldWith fun, fascinating vignettes, a renowned neurobiologist illuminates the interconnectedness of plant life and how we can learn from it to better plan our communities. We animals account for a paltry 0.3% of the planet's biomass while plants add up to 85%. And when,...
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The Secret Life of PlantsExplore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. A perennial bestseller.In this truly revolutionary and beloved work, drawn from remarkable research, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird cast light on the rich psychic...
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The Herbarium HandbookA new edition of an essential resource for all botanists, herbarium managers, and technicians involved with the making and maintenance of herbarium collections. The Herbarium Handbook has been an important reference for herbarium collections care and management since it was first published in 1989....
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How the Rose Got Its Thorns: And Other Botanical StoriesHave you ever wondered why the rose has thorns and other flowers don't; why the daffodil is the color it is; or why some plants have shiny leaves and others matte? How The Rose Got its Thorns reveals the inner workings of our favorite...
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Grow Your Own Medicine: Edible Healing Plants in your GardenIf you are curious about the useful medicinal plants from nature, wondering what food may be useful to health, and which edible medicinal plants you can grow in your garden, this book is for you! The book is suitable for both the general public...
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Grow Your Own Medicine: Edible Healing Plants in your GardenIf you are curious about the useful medicinal plants from nature, wondering what food may be useful to health, and which edible medicinal plants you can grow in your garden, this book is for you! The book is suitable for both the general public...
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