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What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz Publisher Comments How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it actually feel an insects tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they actually remember the weather? For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant... (read more) Your price: $23.00 New - Hardcover 
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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: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet by Jim Robbins Publisher Comments THIS BOOK JUST MIGHT SAVE THE PLANET “When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. The second best time? Today.”—Chinese proverb Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Michael Allaby Publisher Comments Packed with more than 4,000 alphabetically arranged entries, A Dictionary of Plant Sciences is an essential resource for students of botany, plant sciences and plant biology, environmental science, and horticulture, as well as for amateur botanists and... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Northern Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Including Glacier, Waterton Lakes, Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, and Yoho National Parks (Falcon Guides Wildflowers) by H. Wayne Phillips Publisher Comments The most detailed and comprehensive guide to wildflowers in the Northern Rocky Mountains This field guide features more than 300 species found in the northern Rockies of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and adjacent British Columbia and Alberta, including... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Annual Plant Reviews #44: The Plant Hormone Ethylene by Michael T. Mcmanus Publisher Comments The plant hormone ethylene is one of the earliest chemicals to be determined as a naturally-occurring growth regulator that has a major influence on many aspects of plant development. It was also the first hormone for which significant evidence was found... (read more) Your price: $209.25 New - Hardcover
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Edible Wild Plants: A Falcon Field Guide [Tm] (Falcon Field Guide) by Todd Telander Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Colorado Flora: Western Slope, Fourth Edition by William Weber Publisher Comments Colorado Flora describes the remarkable flora of the state, distinctive in its altitudinal range, numerous microhabitats, and ancient and rare plants. Together, these volumes are designed to educate local amateurs and professionals in the recognition of... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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Sonoran Desert Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Common Species of the Sonoran Desert, Including Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Saguaro National Park (Falcon Guides Wildflowers) by Richard Spellenberg Publisher Comments Sonoran Desert Wildflowers is the ultimate field guide to the wildflowers of North Americas most biologically diverse desert, which stretches from Baja California to southern California and east to Arizona. This easy-to-use guide is made to withstand... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Central Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Including Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (Falcon Guides Wildflowers) by H. Wayne Phillips Publisher Comments The most detailed and comprehensive guide to wildflowers in the Central Rocky Mountains This field guide features the wildflowers in the heart of the Rockies from the Yellowstone ecosystem of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, north to the Rocky Mountain front... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Blueberries (Crop Production Science in Horticulture) by Jorge B. Retamales Publisher Comments Blueberry cultivation has increased dramatically as production has shifted into new regions. Blueberries are now widely available as food and also processed to be used in medicine and pharmaceuticals for their antioxidant properties. This practical book... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Trade Paper
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Nature Guide: Trees (Smithsonian Nature Guides) by Tony Russell Publisher Comments A new generation of illustrated natural history handbooks, produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution. The new DK Nature Guides form a comprehensive, accessible, and informative series of illustrated reference books that tackle key natural... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope, Fourth Edition by William Weber Publisher Comments Colorado Flora describes the remarkable flora of the state, distinctive in its altitudinal range, numerous microhabitats, and ancient and rare plants. Together, these volumes are designed to educate local amateurs and professionals in the recognition of... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles #50: Dates: Production, Processing, Food, and Medicinal Values by A. Manickavasagan Publisher Comments This is the first detailed book on dates to be published in more than four decades. It addresses all aspects of cultural practices and their implications on date quality. The text covers the post-harvest operations and processing of dates, physical... (read more) Your price: $169.75 New - Hardcover
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Phytohormones and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Nafees A. (edt) Khan Publisher Comments Plants are sessile and prone to multiple stresses in changing environmental conditions. Of the several strategies adopted by plants to counteract the adverse effects of abiotic stress, phytohormones provide signals to allow plants to survive under stress... (read more) Your price: $189.00 New - Hardcover
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The Value of Species by Edward Leroy Mccord Publisher Comments In the face of accelerating extinctions across the globe, what ought we to do? Amid this sea of losses, what is our responsibility? How do we assess the value of nonhuman species? In this clear-spoken, passionate book, naturalist and philosopher Edward L.... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions by Gene Logsdon Publisher Comments As author Gene Logsdon puts it, "We are all tree huggers." But not just for sentimental or even environmental reasons. Humans have always depended on trees for our food, shelter, livelihood, and safety. In many ways, despite the Grimm's fairy-tale... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rocky Mountain Wildflowers by Jim Ells Publisher Comments The Rocky Mountains, from northern New Mexico through southern Alberta are collectively referred to as the spine of the continent. Along the flanks of this spine you will find a starting array of stunningly beautiful wildflowers in the life zones from... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Wildflowers of California: A Month-By-Month Guide by Laird R. Blackwell Publisher Comments In this photograph-driven field guide to California's spectacular wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell expertly provides several ways to find them in bloom: by month, by place, and by flower. The month-by-month descriptions--found in no other statewide guide--... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Plants at the Margin: Ecological Limits and Climate Change by R. M. M. Crawford List Price $64.00 Your price: $61.60 Google eBooks - Electronic
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