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Cities pose formidable obstacles to nonhuman life. Vast expanses of asphalt and concrete are inhospitable to plants and animals; traffic noise and artificial light disturb natural rhythms; sewage and pollutants imperil existence. Yet cities teem with...

"Some plants are inherently rare, while others become rare through our actions."Rare Plants explores what makes the world's most uncommon plants so exceptional, and by what means they have become so scarce. From highlands to jungles, many of our most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583552087Author James KavanaghPage Count 1Imprint Waterford Press LtdPublisher Waterford Press LtdWeight(grams) 43g

Get to know the region’s wildflowers, shrubs, and trees with this comprehensive field guide, organized by color for ease of use. The majestic Rocky Mountains provide a diverse landscape of life zones, habitats, and micro-niches, each packed with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583555064Author James KavanaghPage Count 1Imprint Waterford Press LtdPublisher Waterford Press LtdWeight(grams) 43g

This guide highlights widespread plants that can cause economic and ecological damage to crops, ranges, forests, and wild lands. Many of these problematic plants are non-natives that now grow in locations beyond their known historic range and are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583553589Author James KavanaghPage Count 1Imprint Waterford Press LtdPublisher Waterford Press LtdWeight(grams) 43g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888394453Author Julie GomezFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770412088Author Jesse Vernon TrailFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 382g

Winner, Xeriscape Award of Recognition, Arizona Municipal Water Users Association Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library AssociationFor gardeners who want to conserve water, the color, fragrance, shade, and lush vegetation of a traditional garden...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582381602Author Alexander C MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Golden Books Adult Publishing GroupPublisher St Martin's Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788120765764Author Vikaas BudhwaarFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdPublisher Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdWeight(grams) 122g

International Herb Association's 2017 Thomas DeBaggio Book Award Winner2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560985693Author Emmett J. JudziewiczFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

From wild carrot to serviceberries, pineapple weed to watercress, lamb’s quarter to sea rocket, Foraging Oregon uncovers the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Beaver State. Fully revised and updated, and helpfully organized by plant families,...

Mistletoes are fascinating, diverse, colourful and ecologically important plants, found in most parts of Western Australia.Mistletoes of Western Australia is a guide to identification, mistletoe ecology, conservation, biogeography and evolution,...

Invasive alien plants and animals are known for their disruption of ecosystems and threat to biodiversity. This book highlights their major impact on human health. This includes not only direct effects through contact with the species via bites, wounds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789450989Author Prigent–CombareFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint ISTE LtdPublisher ISTE LtdWeight(grams) 514g

Plants of Northern California is the complete guide to the rich and unique flora of Northern California. From lush riparian forests along the rivers and streams to oak woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, and the ephemeral pools known as vernal pools, this...

Foraging Texas is a field guide and reference for people who want to learn about wild edible plants across the state of Texas. It covers edible plants native or naturalized in the lone star state and describes wild-harvesting basics, ethics,...

A beautifully illustrated paperback guide to the trees of the world, Trees: An Illustrated Field Guide is a must-have for any amateur naturalist’s backpack. Learn to recognize trees on sight through their leaf shapes, body shapes, bark, and fruits!Trees:...

Edible wild plants are nature’s natural food source, growing along roadsides, sprouting in backyards, and blooming in country fields. North America’s diverse geography overflows with edible plant species. From alyssum to watercress, chicory to purslane,...

This engaging illustrated guidebook reveals the fascinating mosses and lichens that homeowners, outdoorspeople, and nature lovers encounter every day in Ohio and the Midwest. In this guide to the most common and distinctive moss, liverwort, and lichen...

From cattails to wild garlic, this guide uncovers the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of Pennsylvania. Aimed at people who want to know more about foraging, including those who are absolute beginners and perhaps don't even know where to start, the...

Legumes of the Great Plains: An Illustrated Guide is an invaluable tool for the identification of more than 114 species of legumes in the Great Plains. In addition to a distribution map, botanical illustration, and an in-depth botanical description, this...

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has been a world centre for the study of rhododendrons since it began to acquire the collections of Forrest, Rock and Kingdon-Ward at the beginning of this century. As a result, the Garden now manages one of the most...

With some 6,000 species of plants, Texas has extraordinary botanical wealth and diversity. Learning to identify plants is the first step in understanding their vital role in nature, and many field guides have been published for that purpose. But to fully...

In Central Africa, there exists very little taxonomic information on plants, particularly in a format suitable for local users. Sangha Trees attempts to address this scarcity of information, by functioning as both an identification guide and a training...

California's unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts and in age from the four-thousand year-old Bristlecone Pines to ephemeral annuals whose life span can be counted in weeks...

From beach peas to serviceberries, hen of the woods to Indian cucumber, ostrich ferns to sea rocket, this guide uncovers the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of Arizona. Helpfully organized by environmental zone, the book is an authoritative guide...

Through the seasons, Maryland and Virginia including Washington D.C. offers a continually changing list of wild, harvestable treasures. This full-color book guides you to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the regions and will help you identify...

From ferns to trees, roots to fruits, native plants to the many introduced exotics, this guide uncovers the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of Idaho. Helpfully organized by families, with a guide for each environmental zone, the book is an...

This is the first month-by-month guide to gardening with native plants in a state that follows a unique, nontraditional seasonal rhythm. Beginning in October, when much of California leaves the dry season behind and prepares for its own green "spring",...

The Santa Cruz Mountains, an area covering almost 1,400 square miles from San Francisco southward to the Monterey County line, are a part of the Coast Range of Central California. The Mountains and the adjacent lowlands have a rich vascular flora, and...

Woody plants and cacti are vital staple foods for cattle, deer, and other wildlife in drought-prone South Texas. Ranchers, hunters, and land managers who need to identify these plants relied on A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs (published by...

Leaves are all around us in backyards, cascading from window boxes, even emerging from small cracks in city sidewalks given the slightest glint of sunlight. Perhaps because they are everywhere, it's easy to overlook the humble leaf, but a close look at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912356164Author Anselm AdodoFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Beacon Books and Media LtdPublisher Beacon Books and Media LtdWeight(grams)...

The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. With "An Orchard Invisible", Jonathan Silvertown presents the oft-ignored seed with the natural history it deserves, one nearly as varied and surprising as the earth's flora itself. In a clear...

Part of the new Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series, this accessible, handsomely illustrated guide to the commonly encountered native plant species of Aotearoa New Zealand has wide appeal. Native Plants of Aotearoa describes and beautifully illustrates fifty...

Ericas come in an astonishing array of sizes, shapes and colours. Some 760 species, many of them found nowhere else, occur in the Cape Floristic region - a centre of unparalleled diversity for the genus and home to one of the world's richest floras. Even...