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This exuberant celebration of the weird and wonderful world of plants is full of unexpected facts, perfect for budding botanists and armchair art lovers alike. A vibrant, close-up exploration of plants, this colourful book focuses on the extraordinary and unexpected, from the tiny bee orchid to the mighty strangler fig.
Looking at plants from across the globe, the specimens featured include carnivorous and poisonous species; plants that provide us with food, materials, or medicine; those that have a special symbiotic relationship with animals or other plants; as well as especially rare or record-breaking species. Among many other awesome plants, discover:
Lithops hookeri, the pebble plant that disguises itself as a stone to hide from predators;
Nepenthes lowii, the tree shrew toilet pitcher that thrives on nutrients from tree shrew droppings;
Drosera rotundifolia, the sundew that digests insects after trapping them with sticky dew-like droplets; and
Selaginella lepidophylla, the resurrection plant that can survive for years without any rainwater at all.
As you explore these amazing species, gain a foundation of knowledge about the plant kingdom. How do plants get energy? Can plants talk? Why do plants have flowers? Can plants move? Learn how plants get energy and nutrients, how animals and plants work together, how plants can send out chemical messages, and finally, how to protect plants and their habitats.
Bursting with colour, there's something new and unexpected to discover on every page of this celebration of fierce and fabulous plants.
Contents
Introduction
Focus spread on evolution of plant life, it's variety, and how it underpins all other life
Sacred lotus (self-cleaning leaves)
Baobab (hollow interiors used as prisons, pubs, municipal water tanks)
Venus fly-trap (carnivorous)
Resurrection plant
Lithops (stone plants)
Focus spread explaining how plants get their energy and nutrients
Giant waterlily
Mopane
Bee Orchid
Bladderwort (waterborne carnivorous plant)
Coast redwoods (build landforms)
Focus spread explaining chemical messaging
Aspen (40,000 year US clones oldest living organism on earth)
Moonflower (night-flowering cactus that blooms on just one night in year and is pollinated by hawkmoth with 12 in tongue)
Rubber tree
Dodder (rootless parasite which sniffs and wriggle its way toward host)
Air plant (tillandsia) floats about rain forest, living off mist and rainwash
Focus spread explaining symbiotic relationships
Brazil nut tree (complex symbiotic life)
Tank bromeliad (rainforest epiphyte with entire ecosystem in its water reservoir)
Burdock (inspiration for Velcro)
Indian balsam (explosive seed-pods)
Mimosa, the Sensitive plant (responds to touch, and has a sophisticated memory)
Focus spread explaining plant senses (responses to sound, light, weather, touch)
Cacti, and devices for gathering and storing water
Cycads, and seaborne seeds
Titan arum
Focus spread on protecting plants and their habitats
