The Nature of Plants: An Introduction to How Plants Work 0813064082, 9780813064086

Plants play a critical role in how we experience our environment. They create calming green spaces, provide oxygen for u

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English Pages 288 Year 2019

The Nature of Plants: An Introduction to How Plants Work
0813064082, 9780813064086

The more you know, the better you grow! Plants are capable of interesting and unexpected things. Why do container plants

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A fact-based guide to plant-based eating, explaining why a diverse diet is the key to better health—with over 80 plant-p

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In an era of market triumphalism, this book probes the social and environmental consequences of market-linked nature con

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Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a Swedish scientist, nobleman, and theologian who spent his life investigating the my

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Plants of the World is the first book to systematically explore every vascular plant family on earth—more than four hund

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The thrill of recapturing scenes from nature can translate into a rewarding career or an invigorating pastime. Both prof

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This volume, the eighth devoted to flowering plants in the Illustrated Flora of Illinois series, is the third of severa

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