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Author Lawrence, Ellen, 1967-

Title Extreme trees : and how they got that way. / by Ellen Lawrence ; consultants, Melissa Islam, PhD, Associate Director of research and Head Curator of Gardens' Herbaria, Denver Botanic Gardens, Kimberly Brenneman, PhD, National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Bearport Publishing Company, Inc., [2015]

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J582.16 LAWRENCE    Check Shelf
Description 24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm.
Series Plant-ology
Bearport science slam!
Lawrence, Ellen, 1967- Plant-ology.
Bearport science slam!
Audience Age: 7-12.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.
Contents That's extreme! -- Giants of the rain forest -- A rainbow of color -- Spiky trunks -- Dropping dragon's blood -- Danger, deadly poison! -- Spreading banyan trees -- A prehistoric tree -- The chapel oak -- Science lab -- Science words.
Summary Provides information about the unusual adaptations that trees make in order to survive, including spiked bark, poisonous sap, above-ground roots, and extreme height.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR 4.2 0.5 168989.
Reading Counts RC 4.4.
Subject Trees -- Juvenile literature.
Trees -- Defenses -- Juvenile literature.
Trees -- Defenses.
Trees.
Trees.
ISBN 9781627243063 (library binding ; alk. paper)
1627243062 (library binding ; alk. paper)
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