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The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest SpeciesCarlos 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...
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The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of CaliforniaThe second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. Integrating the latest science with the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of contributing authors, this new...
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Tapestry Lawns: Freed from Grass and Full of FlowersSwathes of the human world are covered in ornamental grass lawns; they are the single most commonly encountered horticultural feature on the planet. Unfortunately, they are now often viewed as resource-draining green deserts due to the lack of plant and animal diversity, the need...
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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 of...
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A Herbal of IraqAn illustrated and informative guide to Iraqi herbal medicine. The flora of Iraq is particularly rich and varied, owing to the country's diverse landscapes of deserts, plains, and mountains. Accordingly, plant-based medicine has always played an important role in the daily lives of Iraqis....
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The Botanical Lore of the California Indians with Side Lights on Historical Incidents in CaliforniaThe book, "" The Botanical Lore of the California Indians with Side Lights on Historical Incidents in California "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing...
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Gerard's Herball;This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia: Exploring TapovanInformed by decades of researching tropical Asian forests, a comprehensive, up-to-date, and beautifully illustrated synthesis of the natural history of this unique place. Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia invites readers on an expedition into the leafy, humid, forested landscapes of tropical Asia--the so-called...
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The Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild PlantsIn a situation where survival is at stake, plants can provide crucial food and medicine. Their safe usage requires absolutely positive identification, knowing how to prepare them for eating, and a solid awareness of any dangerous properties they might have. Familiarity with the botanical...
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Psilocybin Growing Bible: The Complete Psilocybin Mushroom Cultivation Guide Step by Step to Grow Indoor and Outdoor Your Magic Psychedelic MushHow to grow Psilocybin Mushrooms better than anyone else even if you don't have any experience A Psilocybin Mushroom is also known as a "Magic mushroom" or a psychedelic mushroom and is one of a polyphyletic group of fungi that contain psilocybin and psilocin.When...
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Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed MankindA personal and highly original take on the history of six commercial plants, Seeds of Change illuminates how sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, quinine, and the cocoa plant have shaped our past. In this fascinating account, the impassioned Henry Hobhouse explains the consequences of...
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Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for LifeWho would imagine that plants can become master teachers of a radical new way of seeing and interacting with the world? Plants are dynamic and resilient, living in intimate connection with their environment. This book presents an organic way of knowing modeled after the...
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In Search of the Canary Tree: The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing WorldThe award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the...
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Guide to Native Orchids of VictoriaAuthor: Gary N. BackhousePublisher: CSIRO PublishingPublished: 05/30/2023Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781486316854
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Texas Range PlantsTexas Range Plants offers a handy and attractive identification guide for the soil conservationist, range ecologist, amateur botanist, land appraiser, college or high school student, 4-H member or leader, and rangeland manager. The book describes and illustrates the 140 grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees...
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A Naturalist's Guide to Wetland Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North AmericaHere is a comprehensive, significant study of wetlands flora, which encompasses all members of the plant and fungi kingdoms. These include poisonous, hallucinogenic, medicinal, and edible plant life as well as native and non-native plants that have the potential to become troublesome weed species....
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Trees: Their Natural HistoryTrees are familiar components of many landscapes and have been vital in determining the ecology of our planet as well as the development of human cultures and communities. Yet how much do we really understand about how they work? This updated and revised edition...
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Early Uses of California Plants: Volume 10Information from many sources has been compiled here to present the most important uses of plants by early inhabitants of California, as well as methods of preparing the plants for use. The Indian method of leaching acorn meal so it could be eaten, the...
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Keys to Lichens of North America: Revised and ExpandedCreated in response to requests from longtime users, this addition to the acclaimed book, Lichens of North America, compiles updated and expanded keys for the identification of these fascinating organisms. An ideal laboratory resource, this large spiral-bound volume covers over 2,000 species of lichens...
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Agribusiness as the Future of Agriculture: The Sugarcane Industry Under Climate Change in the Southeast MediterraneanThis informative book reviews the challenges of agribusiness in the Southeast Mediterranean. The author focuses on sugarcane cultivation in Egypt to illustrate the impact of climate change on agribusiness, and his method and findings may be helpful for other studies in other regions as...
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