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Title:
A gardener's guide to botany : the biology behind the plants you love, how they grow, and what they need
Summary:
A Gardener’s Guide to Botany is not just another book on how to grow plants. Instead, it’s a lushly illustrated botanical journey into what makes plants tick, delivered in layman’s terms that are easily understood and appreciated by both advanced gardeners and first-timers. It’s the chlorophyll-infused science behind the plants you know and love, whether you grow them indoors or out. You’ll learn how different plant parts function (do you know what stomata are and why every leaf has hundreds of them?), the traits that separate plants from animals, and how through eons of evolution the plants we grow in our gardens and homes have developed a million different fascinating adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive. From their leaf shape and growth habit to how they have sex and metabolize the nutrients they absorb, A Gardener’s Guide to Botany covers it all in an accessible and thought-provoking way. -- Amazon.
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-242) and index.
Contents:
Being a plant -- Plant parts and what they do -- What a plant needs: water -- What a plant needs: light -- What a plant needs: nutrients -- Defense -- Reproduction -- Seed dispersal.
Physical Description:
255 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Publisher:
Cool Springs Press,
Publication Date:
2023
ISBN:
9780760374450
Publication Information:
Beverly, MA : Cool Springs Press, 2023.

©2023
Call Number:
580 ZONA
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