Plant Life category: 1095 books
The Lavender Lover's Handbook
The 100 Most Beautiful and Fragrant Varieties for Growing, Crafting, and Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
“The best recent all-around lavender book with something for gardeners, crafters, and cooks alike.” —Library Journal
Lavender is beloved for its and culinary and medicinal uses. In The Lavender Lover's Handbook, Sarah Berringer Bader provides a complete overview of the 100 most colorful,...
Forest Types of Southwest Ohio and Southeast Indiana
A methodology for identifying, projecting, and restoring our 8 local forest types
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
This book introduces and describes the local forest type expressions based on their physical environment characteristics; Soil PH, Topography, Hydrology, and Soil Parent Material + the correlated tree species. This information was extrapolated from cross-studying over a thousand acres of soil surveys...
Southeast Foraging
120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Angelica to Wild Plums
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
“This is the ultimate guide, and Chris is the undisputed heavyweight champion of foraging in the South.” —Sean Brock, author of Heritage and chef of McCradys, Minero, and Husk
The Southeast offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Chris Bennett as your trusted guide you will learn...
Two Billion Trees and Counting
The Legacy of Edmund Zavitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. Sites like the Oak Ridges Moraine were well on their way to becoming a dust bowl and all...
by Alison Syme
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Drooping lazily over waterways, shading gardens, guarding hedgerows—the willow tree is a poetically formed plant, but also a practical one. For millennia, the wood of the willow has been used for baskets, furniture, fences, and toys, while finding its place in the watercolors of Monet, Shakespearean...
Pecan
America's Native Nut Tree
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Written in a manner suitable for a popular audience and including color photographs and recipes for some common uses of the nut, Pecan: America’s Native Nut Tree gathers scientific, historical, and anecdotal information to present a comprehensive view of the largely unknown story of the pecan.
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by John Manning
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Sasol First Field Guide to Fynbos of Southern Africa is a beginner's guide to one of the most complex and fascinating communities of plant species in the world. Included in this guide are particularly striking specimens and those that display typical fynbos features. Full-colour photographs, distribution...
Roses Love Garlic
Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
From deterring insect pests with hot peppers to encouraging strawberries by bordering them with chrysanthemums, Louise Riotte shows you how to use the natural qualities of common plants to increase your garden’s productivity. Roses Love Garlic profiles hundreds of plants, features sample garden...
by Christopher Nyerges
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types—it teaches...
Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses
The Structure of Grasses Explained for Beginners, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
For almost seventy-five years, Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses has been the classic guide to the structure of this complex group of plants. Clearly written and copiously illustrated with line drawings, the book is accessible to those with little or no botanical training, yet it also is respected...
Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean
A Guide to Knowing and Growing Drought- And Salt-Tolerant Plants
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean is a complete source for information about which plants grow best in nearshore environments. It includes extensive characteristics of each plant, including:
Form, flower and fruit date
Geographic distribution and habitat
Reproduction and propagation
Ornamental...
Edible Wild Plants
A Falcon Field Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Edible Wild Plants highlights ninety of the most common and sought-after edible plant species in North America. Detailed illustrations and descriptions make it easy to identify plants in your backyard and beyond. Organized by family for easy identification, this is the essential source when you’re out in the field.
by Bradford Angier, David K. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2008
First-ever revision of a classic guidebook. Essential information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and edibility as well as updated taxonomy and 18 new species. How to find, prepare, and eat plants growing in the wild.
by Beverley Gray
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Nature heals! This compact field guide introduces readers to 26 common Canadian wild plants with extraordinary healing properties. Use arnica blossoms to heal muscle inflammation, improve digestion with chickweed and soothe a toothache with yarrow root-learning to identify and use wild medicinal plants...