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Presents an introduction to the science of botany written specifically for gardeners and horticulturists, focusing on flowering plants or angiosperms, the largest group in the plant kingdom, and gymnosperms, plants that produce seeds in the open spaces of cones.
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"In an era of cell phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature--but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilizes near trees, the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. Drawing on new scientific discoveries, The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions humans...
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2022
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English
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"In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the "lung" at the top of the world. For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben Rawlence's The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge geological changes. Only the hardest...
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Zoey and Sassafras volume 5
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English
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"An old friend visits Zoey with a glowing seed pod. Zoey, Sassafras and Pip must work together to discover what this mysterious and rare magical plant needs to grow before all the seeds crumble to purple dust!"--Jacket.
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[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"As he works with his young granddaughter to nurture a potted sapling, a Latino landscaper shares his love and admiration of trees. From the extraordinary rainbow gum tree to the mighty, towering redwood, each of the thirteen specimens he tells of is a miracle of the natural world--and some are strange beyond the wildest imagining. Brimming with exuberance and color, this ode to trees of the world--and the vast knowledge of landscapers and gardeners--offers...
8) The new healing herbs: the essential guide to more than 130 of nature's most potent herbal remedies
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Rodale
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2017.
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English
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A guide to natural, herbal remedies and holistic healing provides the most up-to-date information on how to use nature's medicine cabinet to help with such illnesses as nausea, the common cold, diabetes, cancer, allergies, and back pain.
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"Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"--
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"In a beautiful celebration of the natural world, Ernst Haeckel's biological illustrations are a masterful union of science and art. Over a century since their first publication, the German scientist's intricate prints remain an unparalleled study of microscopic organisms and advance marine life. ...First published in 1904, Haeckel's detailed illustrations serve as a visual encyclopedia for his pioneering research and anatomical discoveries." (---from...
13) The hidden life of trees: what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
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Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 1
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English
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"A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other"--
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In this nonfiction title, readers will discover what a tree needs to live and grow. Readers will study a tree's roots, trunk, branches, and leaves, and learn about their unique functions. Discussing the importance of teamwork in environmental conservation, the book expands on early childhood curricular topics. Detailed photographs are included, encouraging readers to draw connections between the subject matter and relatable real-world examples. This...
15) Parasitic Plants
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Welcome to Parasitic Plants. This book is helpful to students, schlors, researchers, and interested readers.Without plants, we donot live on the Earth. Plants are very important for our life. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the environment. Plants provide us to food, medicine, oxygen, wood, fibres, pesticides, oils, rubber, and more essential things.Parasitic plants is a plant that obtains nutrients from another living plants....
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The information on insect pests, diseases and nematode pests on plantation and spice crops is very much scattered. There is no book at present, which comprehensively and exclusively deals with the above aspects on these crops. The present book deals with integrated pest and disease management in plantation and spice crops in detail using regulatory, physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host plant resistance and integrated methods. The Book is...
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The book encompasses chapters on fungi from different substrates including fossilized leaves. In addition to nonliving substrates, association of pathogenic fungi with important plants like Introduction, Fungal Plant Pathogens and Symptomology, Fungal Taxonomy and Plant Pathogens, Pythium Root Rot and Rhizoctonia Root Rot, Septoria Tritici Blotch (STB) of Wheat, Fungal Plant Pathogens and Symptomology, Diseases of Wheat, Biotrophic Plant Pathogens,...
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This illustrated manual describes and discusses the unusually rich and varied flora of the Carolinas, from the semi-tropical coast of South Carolina to the northern forests of the high North Carolina mountains. The manual treats in detail and in a concise format more than 3, 200 species of trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and ferns that grow without cultivation in this two-state area. Special features include diagnostic illustrations, keys for identification,...
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Practical Manual of Plant Ecology and Plant Physiology is a textbook meant for B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc., students taking botany as a subject. It is also useful for students of Agriculture and Microbiology. The manual is easy to use and guides the students step by step in conducting experiments in the laboratory. The text material is illustrated with a number of neatly drawn diagrams. The experiments chosen are such that they can be used by students...
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Français
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L'industrie du cidre a connu au cours des dix dernières années, en Europe, aux États-Unis, en Australie et au Canada, une forte croissance. Avec les développements récents, mais surtout sans précédent, du portefeuille de produits, des marchés de consommation et des reconnaissances marchandes, institutionnelles et internationales pour ses cidres, la filière cidricole québécoise n'est pas en reste.
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