Botany
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Handbook of BotanyBotany, also known as plant biology, is the study of plant life. Plants have been used as food, medicine and in science, which makes their study extremely important in today's time. This field studies the internal processes and functions of various parts of plants...
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Michigan OrchidsMichigan Orchids is a full color field guide to the 19 genera and 57 species of orchid native to the state (plus one introduced orchid). Each species is described (in non-technical language) and illustrated, with habitat and pollination information, and with maps showing each...
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Letters of Asa Gray (Volume I)Letters of Asa Gray (Volume I) has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both...
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Grasses of South Texas: A Guide to Identification and ValueThe vast rangelands of south Texas--that portion of the state lying south of San Antonio and extending west and south to the Rio Grande and east to the Gulf of Mexico--are home to many species of grasses, some beneficial and some noxious. Careful identification...
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Introduction to Trees of the San Francisco Bay Region: Volume 65The mild Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Region nurtures an enormous variety of trees: majestic oaks and coast redwoods, lovely flowering dogwood and western redbud, graceful bigleaf maple, and many others. This guidebook, with its easy-to-use keys, informative species accounts, and copious...
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain ForestThe fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist's travels in the Amazon--at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants, by the author of The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know For thousands of...
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BotanistBotanists are scientists who study plants. They look at how plants grow best and how people can use them. This low-level title introduces the job duties of botanists, from what they research to the tools that they use. The book concludes with a chapter...
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Kew Rare Plants: Forty of the World's Rarest and Most-Endangered PlantsExplores what makes the world's rarest plants so exceptionalRare Plants explores what makes the world's rarest plants so exceptional, and by what means they have become so scarce, telling the story of 40 rare and endangered species through exquisite botanical artworks sourced from the...
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21st Century Guidebook to FungiThe mysterious world of fungi is once again unearthed in this expansive second edition. This textbook provides readers with an all-embracing view of the kingdom fungi, ranging in scope from ecology and evolution, diversity and taxonomy, cell biology and biochemistry, to genetics and genomics,...
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Foraging: The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Foraging Wild Edible Plants and Medicinal HerbsThis book is the ultimate guide for both beginner and advanced foragers alike to working with most common plants found in the wild or even your backyard.Learn how to develop and polish harvesting skills that will help you gather from the same plant several...
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YewA comprehensive and richly illustrated history, Yew will appeal to botanists and other readers interested in the history and symbolism of the natural world, now in paperback. The yew is the oldest and most common tree in the world, but it is a plant...
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Discovering Australian Flora: An Australian National Botanic Gardens ExperienceAuthor: Ian Fraser, Fanny Karouta-ManassePublisher: CSIRO PublishingPublished: 08/02/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.20h x 8.10w x 0.40dISBN: 9781486315840
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Fall Color and Woodland Harvests: A Guide to the More Colorful Fall Leaves and Fruits of the Eastern ForestsWhether on a lunch break visit to see an especially colorful maple in a nearby park or a month-long adventure from New England to the Smokies moving south with the color, Fall Color and Woodland Harvests is a wonderful companion for those who appreciate...
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Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie ProvincesThis handy field guide is designed for use by both amateur and professional botanists, biologists, gardeners, and naturalists. The full colour field guide includes over 400 species of water and wetland plants found across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the northern United States.Since many of...
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A Portable Latin for Gardeners: More Than 1,500 Essential Plant Names and the Secrets They ContainHaving an understanding of botanical Latin unlocks an entirely new layer of the plant world. Gardeners deciding between a Crocus flavus and Crocus graveolens will know that one produces deep yellow flowers while the other boasts a prominent smell. They can tell whether a...
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Botanical Art from the Golden Age of Scientific DiscoveryThroughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, wall charts were a familiar classroom component, displaying scientific images at a large scale, in full color. But it's only now that they've been superseded as a teaching tool that we have begun to realize something their ubiquity...
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Weeds of North America"What is a weed, " opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Wherever they take root, weeds...
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Experimental Design for the Life SciencesThe careful design of experiments lies at the core of good research. Experimental Design for the Life Sciences equips you with the skills you need to effectively design experiments, making this essential aspect of the research process readily understandable. It demonstrates how good experimental...
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Kew Pocketbooks: Festive FloraA celebration of the myriad roles plants play in religious, cultural, and national festivities across the globe. Whether they're used as visual decoration in wreaths, garlands, and religious shrines, or deployed for their rich scents and flavors in festive recipes, plants are integral to...
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The Green PlanetAccompanying a major BBC series from the team behind Planet Earth II and presented by David Attenborough, a fascinating exploration of the hidden life of plants Plants live secret, unseen lives--hidden in their magical world and on their timescale. From the richest jungles to...
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