Poetry Month!
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to our Specials newsletter for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's


Botany


Sale Aisles


spacer

Botany
Sale Books

There are 46 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in Botany - Sale Books
Page 1 of 3 next

American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
by Eric Rutkow
Publisher Comments
This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nations history. Like many of us, historians have long been guilty of taking trees for granted. Yet... (read more)

List Price $29.00
Your price: $10.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of Over 3000 Tropical Plants
Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of Over 3000 Tropical Plants
by Ahmed Fayaz
Publisher Comments
A superb reference for anyone interested in the world's tropical flora. Accessing detailed and accurate information on tropical plants is not always easy, yet there is a huge interest in the beautiful and fascinating flora from the tropical regions of... (read more)

List Price $75.00
Your price: $34.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


California Natural History Guides #67: Introduction to Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington
California Natural History Guides #67: Introduction to Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington
by Philip A Munz
Publisher Comments
The diverse coastal habitats of the spectacular Pacific Coast include sandy beaches and dunes, salt- and freshwater marshes, coastal prairies and bluffs, riparian woodlands, and coniferous forests. This guide, first published nearly forty years ago, has... (read more)

List Price $39.95
Your price: $10.97
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
by Lawrence Newcomb
Publisher Comments
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide covers more plants than any other guides and has more color illustrations, a more complete glossary, and — most important — a more accurate identification system, easilt mastered by nonbotanists. It is... (read more)

List Price $19.99
Your price: $9.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Mycelium Running
Mycelium Running
by Paul Stamets
Publisher Comments
More mushrooms, less pollution! Yes, you heard right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment and mushroom expert Paul Stamets explains how in MYCELIUM RUNNING, a groundbreaking manual for saving the world through... (read more)

List Price $35.00
Your price: $22.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Collins Complete Guide to British Wild Flowers: A Photographic Guide to Every Common Species (Collins Complete Photo Guides)
Collins Complete Guide to British Wild Flowers: A Photographic Guide to Every Common Species (Collins Complete Photo Guides)
Publisher Comments
A complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain, in the same format as the bestselling Complete British Wildlife. There are 1,039 main entries, which include wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges, and rushes. A botanical hotspots... (read more)

List Price $31.95
Your price: $15.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History
Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History
by Bill Laws
Publisher Comments
The fascinating stories of the plants that changed civilizations. Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Entries feature a description of the... (read more)

List Price $29.95
Your price: $10.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Botany Coloring Book (HarperCollins Coloring Books)
Botany Coloring Book (HarperCollins Coloring Books)
by Paul G Young
Publisher Comments
The Botany Coloring Book is an exciting, new approach to learning botany. The structure and function of plants, a survey of the Plant Kingdom, and associated botanical terminology are all learned through the coloring process. Coloring provides an... (read more)

List Price $21.99
Your price: $10.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Lives of Conifers: A Comparative Account of the Coniferous Trees
Lives of Conifers: A Comparative Account of the Coniferous Trees
by Graham R Powell
Synopsis
Dominant throughout the temperate northern hemisphere, conifers form the backbone of boreal ecosystems. This comprehensive reference work explains the complex life cycles of these trees. Based on more than five decades of study, Graham R. Powell provides... (read more)

List Price $54.00
Your price: $19.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
by Susan Freinkel
Publisher Comments
The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved trees--a "perfect tree" that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine. But in the early twentieth century, an exotic plague swept through the chestnut forests with the force of a... (read more)

List Price $40.00
Your price: $14.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Trees & Forests of America
Trees & Forests of America
by Tim Palmer
Publisher Comments
Trees & Forests of America is an unprecedented collection of 200 stunning photographs by award-winning author Tim Palmer. Along with breath-taking images, his expressive text celebrates the exquisite beauty of nature and explains why trees and... (read more)

List Price $45.00
Your price: $17.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
by Craig Childs
Publisher Comments
Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. As Craig Childs makes clear in this highly praised book, there are two easy ways to die in the desert: thirst or drowning. His... (read more)

List Price $14.99
Your price: $7.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Mushrooms Demystified 2ND Edition
Mushrooms Demystified 2ND Edition
by David Arora
Publisher Comments
Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's... (read more)

List Price $39.99
Your price: $24.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms (Nature Guide Series)
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms (Nature Guide Series)
by Giovanni Pacioni
Publisher Comments
Simon and Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms is indispensable to anyone fascinated by mushrooms and other fungi. Lavishly illustrated, it contains detailed information about 420 types of mushrooms and other fungi found in the United States and Europe. The... (read more)

List Price $19.00
Your price: $9.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Flowering Plant Families of the World
Flowering Plant Families of the World
by V H Heywood
Publisher Comments
Featuring more than one thousand full-color illustrations and distribution maps, a thorough reference on flowering plants presents up-to-date information on more than five hundred flowering plant families, including descriptions of each plant's... (read more)

List Price $59.95
Your price: $24.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Oranges
Oranges
by John Mcphee
Publisher Comments
A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice, but the author kept encountering so much irresistible information that he eventually found that he had in fact written a book. It contains... (read more)

List Price $14.00
Your price: $7.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America
by Roger Phillips
Publisher Comments
The ultimate illustrated handbook on mushrooms. More than 1,000 handsome color photographs by Roger Phillips illustrate this comprehensive guide to mushrooms and other fungi of North America, in all their astonishing variety. Amateur collectors, expert... (read more)

List Price $39.95
Your price: $14.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
by Paul Stamets
Publisher Comments
After years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms-chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. With updated production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, detailed... (read more)

List Price $45.00
Your price: $29.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


California Natural History Guides #68: Introduction to California Mountain Wildflowers
California Natural History Guides #68: Introduction to California Mountain Wildflowers
by Philip A Munz
Publisher Comments
Many landscapes in California's mountains are still relatively untouched by human activity and provide excellent opportunities for viewing wildflowers. This guidebook describes and illustrates the wildflowers that grow from the yellow pine belt up into... (read more)

List Price $39.95
Your price: $10.97
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Plants: Their Use, Management, Cultivation and Biology; A Comprehensive Guide
Plants: Their Use, Management, Cultivation and Biology; A Comprehensive Guide
by Bob Watson
Publisher Comments
From soft plants to shrubs, ferns, and woody climbers, this expansive resource is an all-in-one guide to plants of all varieties. An introductory section addresses the identification, classification, and nomenclature of plants and provides a brief... (read more)

List Price $95.00
Your price: $17.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


1 3 next»


Browse the entire aisle:
by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
There are 46 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in Botany
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.