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This is a practical beginner's guide to the most common American wildflowers. Emphasis is on those with showy petals, and those that the amateur is most likely to see. Special features include:
· Where to look for wildflowers
· Tips on how to collect and grow them
· Simplified range maps
As an added aid to quick and easy identification, the flowers are grouped according to color.
Using clear text and detailed illustrations, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press present accurate information in a handy format for the beginner to the expert. These guides focus on what your students are really going to see. They are easy to use: detailed, full-color illustrations, text, and maps are all in one place. They are easy to understand: accurate, accessible information is simplified without being misrepresented. They are authoritative, containing up-to-date information written experts and checked by specialists. And they are portable: handy and lightweight, designed to fit in a pocket and be carried anywhere.
The deciduous trees that make this region famous for their fall
color displays, are a few of the ?thousands of species of plants
growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout New England.
This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and
unique species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers and also includes
an ecoregion map featuring prominent botanical sanctuaries.
Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding
guide is an excellent source of portable information and ideal for
field use by visitors and residents alike. Made in the USA.
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Lab Girl
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Hope Jahren
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This field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forests of eastern North America. With 53 full-color plates and 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, beetles, and other insects.
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Tree
- A Life Story
(Paperback)
David Suzuki, Wayne Grady; Foreword by Peter Wohlleben
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The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than five hundred years later, it lies on the forest floor as a nurse log, giving life to ferns, mosses, and hemlocks, even as its own life is ending.
In this unique biography, David Suzuki and Wayne Grady tell story that spans a millennium and includes a cast of millions but focuses on a single tree, a Douglas fir, Tree describes in poetic detail the organism’s modest origins that begin with a dramatic burst of millions of microscopic grains of pollen. The authors recount the amazing characteristics of the species, how they reproduce and how they receive from and offer nourishment to generations of other plants and animals. The tree’s pivotal role in making life possible for the creatures around it — including human beings — is lovingly explored. The richly detailed text and Robert Bateman’s original art pay tribute to this ubiquitous organism that is too often taken for granted.
Revised edition with a foreword by Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees.
"As the sun rose over the brow of the hill and turned each blade of
grass a shade of golden green, Ghillie slowly opened his eyes ..."
Disaster! When Ghillie the giant redwood tree wakes after his
winter sleep, he has a fright. His best friend Willow has fallen in
a storm! Can Ghillie, Ember the squirrel and the badgers put her
back together again? And what surprise of her own does Willow have
in store? **Includes special reference section with arborist Joe
Robson** A beautiful story about the secret life of trees for all
ages
This plant glossary includes all descriptive terms used in floras,
plant field guides and monographs. This is an essential companion
for anyone working with plant descriptions, plant identification
keys, floras, monographs and field guides. In this second edition
4,500 botanical terms are described with accompanying
illustrations, including a new section on vegetation terms and an
updated colour section. 'Catnip for the garden geek...this
fascinating, authoritative volume may seduce even the most casual
browser.' The New York Times, 27 May 2010
A new approach to foraging Roger Phillips is the legendary
godfather of foraging. Drawing upon decades of experience, his
knowledge of wild food is unrivalled and in this richly illustrated
book he shares some of his most recently gathered wisdom, collected
from around the world. Roger reveals the edible and therapeutic
secrets of our fields, woodlands and flower beds, and suggests tips
for sourcing delicious morsels growing throughout the countryside
and in our gardens. He also describes the native habitat and
history of many fascinating plants and fungi, both common and
unusual: from the camas bulbs eaten by the Native Americans of the
Pacific Northwest, to the Italian and Spanish favourite, Caesar's
amanita; from hostas, the familiar garden foliage consumed as a
succulent vegetable in Japan, to the newly popular Australian
citrus fruits. The Worldwide Forager is divided into four sections:
mushrooms and fungi; flowers, leaves and herbs; fruit and nuts; and
roots and tubers, and Roger uses each one to provide a wide range
of ideas for making your meals more colourful, delicious and
sustainable.
As the oldest living inhabitants on the planet, trees have played a
major part in the way we live today, providing both the daily
oxygen we breathe and the foundation of our nations heritage. Every
native tree in Britain, whether its part of a grand avenue, a
thriving hedgerow, an ancient wood or a colourful orchard, tells a
different story. The Trees That Made Britain takes us on a journey
of discovery to every corner of the nation. Through detailed
portraits of individual tree species, author and photographer
Archie Miles reveals the stories of the trees that have influenced
the culture, myths and fabric of the nation. The book is full of
surprising facts on how trees have been used by man over the
centuries, from the oak used in the building of HMS Victory to
ancient longbows made from yew, as well as practical advice on
visiting some of Britains finest living examples. The combination
of rich historical material and lyrical descriptions captures the
essence of our native tree species.
Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer is known as the 'father of Texas
botany.' While he was not the first botanist to collect plants for
scientific examination in Texas, his collections are credited with
helping botanists around the world to understand the nature,
extent, and significance of the diversity of plants in the state.
In partnership with Asa Gray of Harvard University, Lindheimer
spent eight years collecting Texas plants to distribute to a list
of paying subscribers - including places like the British Museum,
the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the Smithsonian Institution.
Today, no fewer than 362 plant names are based, at least in part,
on Lindheimer collections, and 65 plants have been named in his
honor. Lindheimer was a founding settler of New Braunfels, raising
his family on the banks of the Comal River while he continued to
collect and ship plant specimens. He was 'elected' as the first
editor of the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung (still published today as the
Herald-Zeitung), and served from 1852 to 1872. He wrote a number of
articles for the Zeitung on topics ranging from plants, climate,
and agriculture to Texas Indian affairs, optimism, and teaching
schoolchildren. In the last year of Lindheimer's life, one of his
students worked with him to collect an assortment of his essays and
articles from the Zeitung. In 1879, the collection was published as
AufsUEtze und Abhandlungen von Ferdinand Lindheimer im Texas
(Essays and Articles of Ferdinand Lindheimer in Texas). John E.
Williams now offers the first English translation of these essays,
which provides valuable insight into the natural and cultural
history of Texas.
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Ocean Greens
(Hardcover)
Lisette Kreischer, Marcel Schuttelaar
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How afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between
humans and plants In Plant Life, Rosetta S. Elkin explores the
procedures of afforestation, the large-scale planting of trees in
otherwise treeless environments, including grasslands, prairies,
and drylands. Elkin reveals that planting a tree can either be one
of the ultimate offerings to thriving on this planet, or one of the
most extreme perversions of human agency over it. Using three
supracontinental case studies-scientific forestry in the American
prairies, colonial control in Africa's Sahelian grasslands, and
Chinese efforts to control and administer territory-Elkin explores
the political implications of plant life as a tool of
environmentalism. By exposing the human tendency to fix or solve
environmental matters by exploiting other organisms, this work
exposes the relationship between human and plant life, revealing
that afforestation is not an ecological act: rather, it is
deliberately political and distressingly social. Plant Life
ultimately reveals that afforestation cannot offset deforestation,
an important distinction that sheds light on current environmental
trends that suggest we can plant our way out of climate change. By
radicalizing what conservation protects and by framing plants in
their total aliveness, Elkin shows that there are many kinds of
life-not just our own-to consider when advancing environmental
policy.
Beech, birch, ash, sycamore, oak. Maple, mango, hawthorn, cherry.
Scots pine and Japanese cedar . . . The company of trees is
different from that of any other living thing. This is a story of
the humans who love trees. From tree sitters to nature lawyers,
from climbers to climate strikers, from planters to pruners, from
forest therapists to trauma survivors, from city gardeners to
rewilders. These are voices of passion, sorrow, anger, nurture,
solace and wonder. Trees are our past and our present - our future,
too. FOR THE LOVE OF TREES is about why trees matter and what we
owe them. It's about our humanity, our devotion and our sheer awe.
Can you tell which plants are safe to eat? Which trees are best to
shelter under a storm? How do you tell a deciduous and coniferous
tree apart? In his charming new book, bestselling author of The
Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben takes you on a journey of
discovery. From learning what creatures lurk beneath tree roots to
finding your way around the woods without a compass, this is a
captivating guide to navigating the wonders of the wild.
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