Plant Life category: 1095 books
Wildflowers of the Eastern United States
An Introduction to Common Species of Woods, Wetlands and Fields
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Descriptions by wild plant expert John Eastman offer details on the identification, growth, interaction, locations, and more.
by Celia Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
A long time ago, you could only find them on the slopes of remote mountain ranges in Asia, but today they are the very symbol of modern genetics, a species unrivalled for the variety of colors and forms that breeders can create: tulips. In this book, Celia Fisher traces the story of this important...
Pollen
Development and Physiology
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Pollen: Development and Physiology focuses on pollen physiology, with emphasis on the living pollen grains, their growth, and essential biological functions. Topics covered in this book include the role of nucleus and cytoplasm in microsporogenesis; the development of the pollen grain wall; the metabolism...
Mushroom Essences
Vibrational Healing from the Kingdom Fungi
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
In this innovative contribution to the field of energy medicine, experienced mycologist and herbalist Robert Rogers offers an extensive guide to healing a range of physical, emotional, and psychological conditions with mushroom essences. Similar to flower essences, but made under a lunar cycle, mushroom...
New England Wildflowers
A Guide To Common Plants
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
New England Wildflowers is the most complete guide available to the common wildflowers and flowering plants found in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. With habitats ranging from tidal marshes to mountains, bogs, and boreal forests, the region comprises a...
by John Tveten, Gloria Tveten
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
You'll find them throughout the year in Houston—lyre-leaf sage, Drummond skullcap, silver-leaf nightshade, snow-on-the-prairie, lemon beebalm, scarlet pimpernel, plains wild indigo, spring ladies'-tresses, deer pea vetch. These wildflowers and hundreds of other species flourish in this part of Texas,...
Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees
Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species: An Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
In this companion volume to the bestselling The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants, Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz offer another indispensible guide to replacing nonnative plants with native alternatives. This time, their subject is the native...
Biodiversity and Domestication of Yams in West Africa
Traditional Practices Leading to Dioscorea rotundata Poir.
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2006
A study of yam domestication practices among smallholders has provided an insight into how farmers exploit wild plant genetic resources so as to adapt them to agriculture. This book describes the domestication operations leading to Dioscorea rotundata yams in Africa. The biodiversity of these yams...
Happy Houseplants
30 Lovely Varieties to Brighten Up Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
For anyone who has longed for a garden of their own—whether a city dweller or one with less-than-green thumbs—this is a handy little guide to growing and maintaining houseplants. Cheerful and informative, Happy Houseplants will guide any budding indoor botanist through a bevy of topics, from soil...
by Eryck de Rubercy
Language: French
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Les arbres sont innombrables, marquant les paysages, arrivés d’eux-mêmes ou plantés, aussi bien dans les campagnes qu’en ville. Ils nous environnent sans que nous parvenions toujours à les distinguer. Or, il y a beaucoup à apprendre de leurs variétés et de leurs nuances. Ils nous enseignent...
by Sharon Sorenson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Welcoming birds to your yard isn’t about choosing the right feeders and bird food. If you want to attract the widest range of birds to your home, you need to plant a diversity of native plants. Why go green? Native plants live longer; they are drought resistant, take less water and fertilizer, they...
Foraging the Rocky Mountains
Finding, Identifying, And Preparing Edible Wild Foods In The Rockies
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
The Rocky Mountain region's diverse geography overflows with edible plant species. From salsify to pearly everlasting, currants to pine nuts, Foraging the Rocky Mountains guides you to 85 edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the region. This valuable reference guide will help you identify and...
by James Barber, Alexander V Ruban
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
This book is a tribute to three outstanding scientists, Professors Jan Anderson FRS, Leslie Dutton FRS and John Walker FRS, Nobel Laureate. Covering some of the most recent advances in the fields of Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis, this book is a compilation of contributions from leading scientists...
by Arnaud Demaury
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2018
There are many specimens of orchids that mimic certain animals, insects or everyday objects ...
There are bumblebee orchids, monkeys, hedgehogs, ballerinas ...
She has a wide palette and the phenomenal ability of the orchid to take unusual shapes.
Sometimes we can not say why she does it - why can...