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1) Plant
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A photo essay introduces the world of plants, including the germination of seeds, plant defenses, and uses of plants.
Author
Publisher
LewAnn Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A complete guide to Arizona's flora, from ferns to cacti, wildflowers to trees. The descriptive text includes common and botanical names, plant characteristics, bloom time, habitat, notes on ethnobotanical uses, and other facts. Included in the more than 900 detailed color photographs is a section of plants with conspicuous flowers, arranged by color for easy identification.
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
AAll around us there are wild plants useful for food, medicine, and clothing, but most of us don?t know how to identify or use them. Delena Tull amply supplies that knowledge in this book, which she has now expanded to more thoroughly address plants found in New Mexico and Arizona, as well as Texas. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white drawings and color photos, this book includes the following special features: ·Recipes for foods made from...
Author
Language
English
Description
Dry summers? Wet winters? This is your must-have guide. Gardening in an area defined by arid summers and soggy winters can be challenging. But gardens can thrive in such conditions, and this definitive handbook shares the plants and practices that will help you succeed. Landscape architect Nora Harlow and award-winning photographer Saxon Holt explain how plants adapt to the climate and how topography and climate relate. A comprehensive plant directory...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The complete guide to 'greening' your space, with ideas and inspiration for adding plants to every room in your home, plus a directory of versatile, easy-to-care-for specimens."--
Chapman walks readers through everything they need to know to bring houseplants into their home. She begins with the basics of choosing and caring for plants, with emphasis on the easiest-to-care-for varieties. Then she guides readers through the home room by room, explaining...
15) Weslandia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 820L
Language
English
Description
Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.
Author
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Language
English
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Description
"In this guide, Mary Irish encourages readers who may be new to the desert - or desert dwellers who may be new to gardening - to stop struggling against heat, aridity, and poor soils and instead learn to use and appreciate the wonderful and well-adapted plants native to the desert. She shares information and anecdotes about trees, shrubs, perennials, agaves, cacti, and other plants that make gardening in the Southwest a unique experience, and provides...