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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 how to recognize edible plants and where to find them, their medicinal and nutritional properties, and their growing cycles. This new edition features...
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Look for the SECRET hidden inside . . . Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but they go through the same stages as they grow. Using four common plants, young readers learn about a plant's life cycles. Simple text and colorful illustrations show the major phases of plant growth: seed, plant, flower, and fruit. Back matter offers more information on each plant, as well as on each stage of growth.
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Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
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96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"[This book] is a friendly guide to over 100 succulents, with information on: Choosing you succulents--from Hens and Chicks (Echeveria) to bristly flowering cactus varieties ; Mixing the right soils for your succulents and preparing your growing environment ; Easy potting and transplanting techniques ; Watering, fertilizing and providing the right amount of sun of each variety ; Understanding peak periods as well as seasonal traits and needs, so you...
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Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Learn how to care for and display individual succulent varieties, or get creative with groupings that combine multiple plants with complementary colors, shapes and sizes. Whether you prefer a garden that is simple or intricate, this book covers all the basics of container selection and succulent care to ensure healthy plants."--Amazon.com.
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Pacific Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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vii, 321 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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"California Plants is an essential resource for outdoor enthusiasts. With his vibrant photographs and lively writing, Matt Ritter takes the reader on a journey through the Golden State's iconic landscapes and abundant plant life. This definitive guide features more than 500 species, along with detailed descriptions, fascinating natural history stories, and handy tree and wildflower color identification charts."--Amazon.com.
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Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
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xii, 175 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
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Fairy gardens are in, and now you can begin making your own enchanted miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures. Gardeners Julie Bawden-Davis and Beverly Turner provide you with step-by-step instructions for creating a magical garden that will attract Thumbelina herself! Learn how to design, plant, accessorize, and care for you very own small corner of the world by following seven simple...
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Timber Press
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"This new, completely revised second edition of her bestselling classic is a design compendium that is as practical as it is inspirational. Designing with Succulents shares design and cultivation basics; hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and profiles of 50 easy-care, drought-tolerant companion plants. Lavishly illustrated with 400 photographs, you will find everything you need to visualize, create, and nurture a thriving, water-smart succulent...
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Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
176 p. ; 24 cm.
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"Each of the 50 projects within features a comprehensive shopping list and functional plant-a-gram (that's a custom planting diagram), showing you precisely how to plant the container combinations to achieve the most beautiful results in your living space."--www.Amazon.com.
12) Plants we eat
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"Some are roots. Some are fruits. Some are even flowers. What do you know about plants we eat? With this book, you can become an expert. Feel like a pro with exciting photos, expert facts, and fun challenges. Can you name a food that is a plant stem or aplant seed? Try it! Then see if you can pass the Expert Quiz!"--
16) Seed to plant
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
©2014.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Introduces a plant's life cycle, explaining how seeds grow into flowers and trees.
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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[xii, 225] pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"On the forefront of uncovering the essential truths about plants, world-renowned scientist Stefano Mancuso reveals the surprisingly sophisticated ability of plants to innovate, to remember, and to learn, offering us creative solutions to the most vexing technological and ecological problems that face us today. Despite not having brains or central nervous systems, plants perceive their surroundings with an even greater sensitivity than animals. They...
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Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1999
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Provides information on a variety of plants, discussing life cycles, habitats, their use as food, plant parts, seeds, cones, flowers, fruit, and the chemicals and fiber they can provide. Includes activities such as drawing, answering questions, and planting seeds.
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California natural history guides volume 47
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
c1982
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viii, 226 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
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Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2007
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20 v. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Description
From aardvark to zebra, a twenty-volume reference includes approximately 475 alphabetical entries offering general descriptions and other information on a broad range of animal wildlife and plants.
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