Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest

Tobin Mitnick, JewsLoveTrees creator and shameless tree lover, leads you, the tree-curious, through the wonderful world of North American trees with fact, opinion, and humor.

Bursting to life in spring and popping up everywhere, the nettle is one of the most common plants, sometimes cruelly called weeds!

Few settings in literature are as widely known or celebrated as J.

This title was originally published in 1959.

As the human population inexorably grows, its cumulative impact on the Earth's resources is hard to ignore.

This exquisitely detailed full-color field guide, by biologist and herbal and medical plant expert Jim Meuninck, provides identification, practical information, and skills for the location of and use of medicinal plants.

This complete beginner Aos guide to painting trees and woodlands is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time.

Soil Fungi and Soil Fertility, Second Edition is an introduction to soil microbiology, incorporating significant advances in knowledge and understanding of the way micro-organisms live and function under laboratory and natural conditions.

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations of modern biological systematics and nomenclature.

An intimate look at one majestic hundred-year-old oak tree through four seasons--and the reality of global climate change it reveals.

Frederick Law Olmsted, popularly known as the "e;Father of American Landscape Architecture,"e; is famous for designing New York City's Central Park, the U.

The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California's natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation.

Alys Fowler takes a fresh look at foraging, encouraging you to look closer to home, from the weeds in your garden to the trees in your street, rather than the fields and hedgerows of the countryside.

For years dahlias have been dismissed for being garish, gaudy additions to gardens and arrangements, but when you find the right variety it's hard to think of a better garden plant or more striking cut flower.

From ash die-back to the Great Storm of 1987 to Dutch elm disease, our much-loved woodlands seem to be under constant threat from a procession of natural challenges.

Floral Biology attempts to show how floral biologists conduct their experiments and what techniques they employ in floral biology.

This book is a dictionary of British (native, naturalised and cultivated) plants and the folklore associated with them.

Bacterial Energetics deals with bacterial energetics and the molecular basis of how ions move between and within energy-transducing molecules.

The Biology and Agronomy of Stylosanthes covers the proceedings of the 1982 International Symposium on The Biology and Agronomy of Stylosanthes, held in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Early Spanish explorers in the late eighteenth century found springtime California covered with spectacular carpets of wildflowers from San Francisco to San Diego.

This illustrated tour of the world's most extraordinary trees provides an insight into some of the natural world's most astonishing structures.

Learn how to de-stress, relax and connect with the wildness you can find on your doorstep even in urban and suburban settings.

'A book of heart-stopping bravery and endurance' -- Helen Macdonald'A great read incredible adventures and a dramatic new perspective' -- Chris Packham'[A] delightful, endlessly fascinating book' -- Daily Mail BOOK OF THE WEEKThis is the story of a professional British tree climber, cameraman and adventurer, who has made a career out of travelling the world, filming wildlife for the BBC and climbing trees with people like David Attenborough, Chris Packham and Helen Macdonald.

David Domoney is a familiar face on several of UK TV's most popular garden and magazine programs.

Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies.

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From acacia to wild grape, ForagingCalifornia guides the reader to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Golden State.

Ina book destined to become a classic, biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "e;wattles"e;, a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia.

How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China-and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worldsWhat a Mushroom Lives For pushes today's mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions.

The book begins with an overview of the research topics which were addressed in the three different phases of the Dutch Priority Program on Acidification (DPPA), executed between 1985 and 1994.

Growth and Development of Trees, Volume I: Seed Germination, Ontogeny, and Shoot Growth is a part of a two-volume treatise, which characterizes important features of growth and development of trees and other woody plants during their life cycles.

Looks at the question: do forests cool or warm the atmosphere and reduce global warming?

Ancient Trees in the Landscape is the outcome of many years research into the history of trees in Norfolk, and represents the first detailed, published account of the ancient and traditionally managed trees of any English county.

This field guide will enable the identification of a range of invasive plants and animals now found in Britain.

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health.

Focused on basics and processes, this textbook teaches plant biology and agriculture applications with summary and discussion questions in each chapter.

A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses describes the exceptionally diverse seagrasses in the temperate parts of the southern hemisphere.

From river otters and minks to bobcats, pikas, and flying squirrels, California boasts a diverse and intriguing fauna.

The updated edition of the popular RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife.

A guide to the identification of California amphibians and reptiles includes suggestions on collecting and studying species as well as information on treating poisonous snake bites.

The Red River Gorge's intricate canyon system features an abundance of high sandstone cliffs, rock shelters, waterfalls, and natural bridges, making it one of the world's top rock-climbing destinations.

Mistletoes are an enigmatic group of plants.

This photographic guide to grasses gives all who have been frustrated trying to identify these difficult plants an easy-to-use, visually precise, and information-packed field guide to seventy-seven native and introduced species that grow in the Texas Hill Country and beyond.

California and the Western States are rich in abundant and diverse species of mushrooms.

Bacterial Metabolism, Second Edition describes microbial systematics and microbial chemistry and focuses on catabolic events.

From beach peas to serviceberries, hen of the woods to Indian cucumber, ostrich ferns to sea rocket, Foraging New England guides the reader to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Northeast.

Field guide to290 wildflowers conveniently arranged for easy identification.