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Plant / written by David Burnie ; [special photography by Andrew McRobb... et al.]
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| Authors: |
Burnie, David
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| Call number: |
SHARED SYSTEM |
| Publisher: |
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1989. |
| Publication date: |
1989. |
| Subject: |
Plants.
Juvenile literature.
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| Series title: |
Eyewitness books
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| Title: |
Plant / written by David Burnie ; [special photography by Andrew McRobb... et al.] |
| Edition: |
1st American ed. |
| Physical description: |
63 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Contents note: |
What is a plant? -- The parts of a plant -- A plant is born -- Bursting into bloom -- A light diet -- A simple flower dissected -- A complex flower -- All sorts of flowers -- How a plant is pollinated -- Strange pollinators -- From flower to fruit -- How seeds are spread -- Borne on the wind -- Spreading without seeds -- Living leaves -- Self-defense -- Creepers and climbers -- Meat eaters -- Caught in a trap -- Parasitic plants -- Plant passengers -- Adapting to water -- Surviving above the snowline -- Living without water -- Food from plants -- The story of wheat -- Potions and poisons -- The plant collectors -- Looking at plants. |
| Summary note: |
A photo essay introduces the world of plants, including the germination of seeds, plant defenses, and uses of plants. |
| Added author: |
McRobb, Andrew, illus.
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| ISBN: |
0394922522 (lib. bdg.)
0394822528
0863183689 |
| LCCN: |
88027172 /AC |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|151607
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| Bib No.: |
151607 |
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