Plant Survival: Adapting to a Hostile World

Plant Survival: Adapting to a Hostile World

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Book Description
Unlike animals that can run from danger or migrate to a more hospitable environment, plants must rely on adaptations that permit them to survive where they are. The fascinating mechanisms that plants employ to survive in challenging environments are clearly explained and illustrated in this primer, suitable for young and mature readers alike.

About the Author
Brian Capon received a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Chicago and was for thirty years professor of botany at California State University, Los Angeles. He is the author of Plant Survival: Adapting to a Hostile World, also published by Timber Press.

Plant Survival: Adapting to a Hostile World: Adapting to a Hostile World,Brian Capon,Timber Press,0881922870,Gardening,Gardening/Plants,General,Life Sciences - Botany,Plants - General,Reference,Science,Botany & plant sciences,Plant ecology,Trees & wildflowers

Book Contents:

1. Pop Bonsai: Fun With Arranging Small Trees and Plants
2. Popular Mechanics Outdoors & Gardens (Home How to)
3. Potted Gardens
4. Practical Bonsai : A book of Little Trees
5. Quest for the Rose: : A Historical Guide to Roses
6. Requiem for a Lawnmower, Revised Edition : Gardening in a Warmer, Drier, World
7. Rock Garden and Its Plants: From Grotto to Alpine House
8. Rock Gardening: A Guide to Growing Alpines and Other Wildflowers in the American Garden (Timber Horticultural Reprint Series)
9. Roses for the Pacific Northwest
10. Secret Jungle

Book Contents

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