| Description |
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Series |
A class of their own |
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Class of their own.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index. |
| Contents |
The biology of plants -- Non-seed plants : mosses, liverworts, and hornworts -- Ferns and their relatives : seedless vascular plants -- Gymnosperms : conifers, cycads, and ginkgoes -- Angiosperms : flowering plants -- Buttercups, roses, and other dicots -- Lilies, orchids, and other monocots. |
| Summary |
The plant kingdom contains more than 250,000 species. With green pigment called chlorophyll in some cells, these organisms have the unique ability to make their own food. This colorful book describes the main groups of plants, including mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. Special sections highlight the role of plants in the environment--as producers in the food chain and producers of the world's oxygen--and their role in climate and the water cycle. Case histories include the discovery of a new species of conifer tree in Australia and special cases of plant breeding. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Plants -- Juvenile literature.
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Plants.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Botany.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Flowers & Plants.
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Plants. (OCoLC)fst01065823
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Johnstone, Leslie.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Levine, Shar, 1953- Plants. St. Catharines, Ont. ; New York, N.Y. : Crabtree Pub., ©2010 9780778753766 (DLC) 2009051342 (OCoLC)464590951 |
| ISBN |
9780778791805 (electronic bk.) |
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0778791807 (electronic bk.) |
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