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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant -- though this... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet Review "[A]n entertaining portrait of the unfettered determination that drove one of the giants in the field...and infused the young nation he viewed with a keen and zealous spirit... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Hardcover
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Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart Staff Pick It's not easy being green. Mostly, everything else eats you. But some plants fight back with thorns and poisons. Some plants are: Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart.... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Hardcover
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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, BC and Alaska by Andy Mackinnon Publisher Comments This is a revised edition of our bestselling book Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast marking the 10th anniversary of publication. This superb reference book features 794 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Douglas W. Tallamy Publisher Comments With the accelerating pace of development and subsequent habitat destruction, the pressures on wildlife populations are greater than ever. But there is a surprisingly important and relatively simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Angraecoid Orchids: Species from the African Region by Joyce Stewart Publisher Comments These so-called 'jewels of Africa' with their sparkling flowers, distinctive growth habit and floriferous nature are much prized and this account, the first to include the angraecoid orchids of both Africa and Madagascar, is long awaited. It brings... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price: $22.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Extraordinary Leaves by Step Green Armytage Publisher Comments A stunning collaboration between a master nature photographer and a horticulturalist. Leaves are everywhere, appearing in an astonishing variety of shapes, colors and textures. They are the unappreciated gifts of nature, worthy of far more extensive... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $16.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet by Oliver Morton Publisher Comments A story of a world in crisis and the importance of plants, the history of the earth, and the feuds and fantasies of warring scientists--this is not your fourth-grade science class's take on photosynthesis. From acclaimed science journalist Oliver Morton... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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How to Identify Plants by H D Harrington Synopsis This classic guide to the art of plant identification is now familiar to an entire generation of students. Harrington's clear and careful organized textbook provides step-by-step instructions and definitions to aid in recognition and classification of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants by Bradford Angier Publisher Comments From amaranth to yucca, complete information for identifying over a hundred native plants and their traditional medicinal uses.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel Publisher Comments Learn to identify plants by the hundreds, based on the principle that related plants have similar patterns for identification and that they often have similar uses.... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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Strength of the Earth Classic Guide To Ojibwe by Frances Densmore Publisher Comments From techniques for tapping maple trees and harvesting wild rice to extracting dyes from bloodroot to making dishes from birch bark and dolls with cattails, Strength of the Earth details the many uses of over 200 forest and prairie plants. Early... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant by Kristin Johannsen Publisher Comments For thousands of years, cultures around the world have relied on herbal medicine for healing. Only recently have Americans flocked to once-suspect botanical treatments for the promise of good health and longevity. Among the most treasured of these plants... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Fore by Mark J Plotkin Publisher Comments For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Field Guide To Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North American (00 Edition) by Steven Foster Publisher Comments With more than 300 photos, this new edition shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. Descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found, as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics, symbols next to plant... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Introduction to Trees of the San Francisco Bay Region (California Natural History Guides) by Glenn Keator Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-242) and index.... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Cannabible Collection by Jason King Publisher Comments At last, the choicest herb from renowned pot connoisseur Jason King'¬'s popular CANNABIBLE books is now rolled together in one potently psychotropic package. Asian Fantasy, Diesel, Haze, HP13, Mothership, Purple Urkel-all the legendary strains are here (... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Set Softcover
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The Hidden Forest: The Biography of an Ecosystem by John R Luoma Publisher Comments The tallest species of spruce, hemlock, fir, cedar, and pine trees on earth coexist in the old growth of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon's Cascade Range. Set aside as a living laboratory by the U.S. Forest Service in 1948, the 16,000... (read more) List Price $28.25 Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants by Helen Bateman Publisher Comments A natural choice for the millions of people turning to a healthier lifestyle, this book invites readers on a sumptuously illustrated walk through the world garden to discover the story of some 250 food plants from field to table. Illustrated with more... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Lee Allen Peterson Publisher Comments More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and... (read more) Your price: $19.00 New - Trade Paper
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