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• Includes bibliographical references (page 649) and indexes.
• What is a tree? — What is a leaf? — Leaf function — The variety of leaves — Leaf shape and arrangement — Leaf anatomy — Understanding plant names — Identifying tree leaves — The leaves.
• In this lavishly illustrated volume, the trees that have enriched our lives finally get their full due, through a focus on the humble leaves that serve, in a sense, as their public face. The Book of Leaves offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive and beautiful leaves from around the world. Each leaf is reproduced here at its actual size, in full color, and is accompanied by an explanation of the range, distribution, abundance, and habitat of the tree on which it’s found. Brief scientific and historical accounts of each tree and related species include fun-filled facts and anecdotes that broaden its portrait. –Pub. desc.

Subjects:

• Trees — Identification.
• Leaves — Pictorial works.
• Guidebooks. fast (OCoLC)fst01423871
• Pictorial works. fast (OCoLC)fst01423874

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Part of the series Princeton field guides;Princeton field guides.
Notes:

• Includes index.
• Taxonomy and names — Gymnosperms and angiosperms — Tree biology — Forest structure — Leaf keys — The trees — Gymnosperms — Conifers — Ginkgoaceae : Ginkgo family — Araucariaceae : Araucaria family — Cupressaceae : Cypress family — Pinaceae : Pine family — Taxaceae : Yew family — Angiosperms — Monocots — Arecaceae : Palm family — Asparagaceae : Asparagus family — Dicots — Adoxaceae : Moschatel family — Anacardiaceae : Cashew family — Apocynaceae : Oleander family — Aquifoliaceae : Holly family — Araliaceae : Ginseng family — Asteraceae : Aster family — Betulaceae : Birch family — Bignoniaceae : Bignonia family — Boraginaceae : Borage family — Buddlejaceae : Buddleja family — Burseraceae : Torchwood family — Cactaceae : Cactus family — Cannabaceae : Hemp family — Celastraceae : Bittersweet family — Cornaceae : Dogwood family — Ebenaceae : Ebony family — Elaegnaceae : Oleaster family — Ericaceae : Heath family — Euphorbiaceae : spurge family — Fabaceae : Bean or Pea family — Fagaceae : Beech or Oak family — Garryaceae : Silktassel family — Hamamelidaceae : Witch-hazel family — Juglandaceae : Walnut family — Koerberliniaceae : Allthorn family — Lauraceae : Laurel family — Malvaceae : Mallow family — Meliaceae : Mahogany family — Moraceae : Mulberry family — Myoporaceae : Myoporum family — Myricaceae : Wax Myrtle family — Myrtaceae : Myrtle family — Oleaceae : Olive family — Papaveraceae : Poppy family — Pittosporaceae : Cheesewood family — Platanaceae : Planetree family — Proteaceae : Protea family — Punicaceae : Pomegranate family — Rhamnaceae : Buckthorn family — Rosaceae : Rose family — Rubiaceae : Madder family — Rutaceae : Citrus or rue family — Salicaceae : Willow family — Sapindaceae : Soapberry family — Sapotaceae : Sapodilla family — Simaroubaceae : Quassia family — Solanaceae : Nightshade family — Staphyleaceae : Bladdernut family — Styracaceae : Storax family — Tamaricaceae : Tamarisk family — Ulmaceae : Elm family — Verbenaceae : Vervai
• Covers 630 species, presents all the native and naturalized trees of the western United States and Canada as far east as the Great Plains, illustrates important visual details with range maps that provide a thumbnail view of distribution for each native species gives scientific and common names, taxonomy, information on the most recently naturalized species, and also contains a key to leaves, an introduction to tree identification, forest ecology, and plant classification and structure.

Subjects:

• Trees — West (U.S.) — Identification.
• Trees — Canada, Western — Identification.
• USA — Weststaaten. (DE-588)4135535-0 gnd
• Canada, Western. fast (OCoLC)fst01692641
• United States, West. fast (OCoLC)fst01243255
• Guidebooks. fast (OCoLC)fst01423871

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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-377) and index.
• The evolutionary record and methods of reconstruction — Earliest forms of plant life — The colonization of land — The first forests — Major emergence of the seed plants — Flowering plant origins — The past 65 million years — Mass extinctions and persistent populations — Ancient DNA and the biomolecular record — Evolutionary theories and the plant fossil record.
• Plants first colonized the land over 430 million years ago, having evolved from some of the most primitive forms of life. Since then, plants have played a major role in supplying the atmospheric oxygen we all need to survive. But how did plants evolve, how has their distribution and diversity been affected by changes in climate over millions of years – and how can these processes be studied? The Evolution of Plants blends evidence from the fossil record and data from biomolecular studies to tell the story of plant evolution from the earliest forms of life to the present day. Focusing on the key events during the evolution of plants – from the colonization of land to the first forests, the emergence of seed plants to the evolution of flowering plants – its straightforward explanations and clear illustrations provide the reader with the most accessible introduction to plant evolution available. With stunning biome maps illustrating the global distribution of plants during the different periods of life on Earth, the book explains how the diversity of vegetation has changed in response to climate, reinforcing the close link between climate change and the process of biological evolution. — Publisher’s description.

Subjects:

• Plants — Evolution.
• Botany.
• Evolution (Biology)
• Fossils.
• Phanerogams.
• Angiosperms.
• Global environmental change.

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Part of the series Step into science;Taylor, Barbara, 1954- Step into science.
Notes:

• Originally published: Growing plants. New York : Warwick Press, 1991, in series: Fun with simple science.
• Includes index.
• Simple experiments and activities introduce the concepts of how plants grow and what affects their growth.

Subjects:

• Growth (Plants) — Juvenile literature.
• Growth (Plants) — Experiments — Juvenile literature.
• Plant propagation — Juvenile literature.
• Growth (Plants) — Experiments.
• Plants — Experiments.
• Experiments.

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Notes:

• DVD, Region 1, NTSC Dolby 2.0 stereo.
• Closed-captioned.
• Michael Pollan.
• Directors of photography, John Chater, Vicente Franco editors, Don Bernier, Gail Huddleson original score, Martin Bresnick narrator, Frances McDormand.
• Based on the book by Michael Pollan.
• Originally produced for television.
• Rating: TV-PG.
• Introduction — Apples: the desire for sweetness — Apples as a commodity — Tulips: the desire for beauty — Breeding tulips — Marijuana: the desire for intoxication — The science behind marijuana — Potatoes: the desire for control — Today’s potato monoculture — The web of life.
• Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato – and the corresponding human desires – sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan’s garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.
• Bonus features: deleted scenes panel discussion on the interdisciplinary importance of The Botany of desire (19 min.) additional interview with Michael Pollan (29 min.)

Subjects:

• Human-plant relationships.
• Apples.
• Tulips.
• Cannabis.
• Marijuana.
• Potatoes.
• Nature.
• Documentary television programs. lcgft
• Nonfiction television programs. lcgft
• Nature television programs. lcgft
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired. lcgft

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