Plant

by Janet Marinelli

Book Overview

From cultivating plants that are on the international endangered list or already extinct in the wild, to avoiding invasive species, gardeners can play a vital role in conservation. A groundbreaking... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075660589X
• ISBN13: 9780756605896
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 5.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.3" x 12.2"

Customer Reviews

A Vital Part Of The Natural World That Should Not Be Overlooked

Plants are essential to our existence. We eat plants. We build using plants. This book will open your eyes to the beauty of these all-important living things. You will be amazed at how much you know and how much you don't know about plant life. Plants provide a balance in nature that would otherwise not be possible. Without plants, there would be no agriculture and our economic systems would cease to function. So human civilization owes its existence to plants. Animals rely on plants also for their growth and nourishment. We need to stop thinking of plants as stationary bodies with no feeling and embrace them as part of God's creation that we simply couldn't live without. Plant will awaken us to that appreciation.

A good book with a lot of information.

Do not look at it as a biological treatise for plants. It contains great pictures and talks about plants and habitats in general. You want to have a casual read during some lazy afternoon this is a book for you.

A Complete Understanding of Plants and Global Habitats

"By now, most people know that we're poised on the brink of a biological disaster that could rival anything in evolutionary history...what most gardeners don't realize is that, if current trends continue, a devastating number of the world's flowering plants could be extinct in the coming decades." ~Janet Marinelli Janet Marinelli and a team of botanists showcase over 2,000 of the planet's rarest and most imperiled plant species. Can these plants be saved by ordinary gardeners? When plants have been dug up from natural areas they can threaten or deplete the natural resources. Whereas, a collection of orchids could be an important gene pool for more rare species. Some plants like the Chocolate Cosmos is only found in gardens and was last seen in its native habitat back in 1902. Private gardens can become a refuge for plants that might otherwise now be extinct. Janet Marinell is on the forefront of the ecological revolution and has been the Director of Publishing at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the past decade. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the American Gardener Award. She is a popular lecturer on the subject of ecological garden design and plant conservations. By request, she makes frequent appearances across the U.S. and abroad to pass along her philosophy and gardening techniques. From the first page you realize you are about to be immersed in a magical book filled with page after page of rare plants you might never see in your lifetime unless you found them in this book. The contents include beautiful sections on: The Evolution of Plants The Extinction Crisis Protecting Natural Areas Natural Gardening Temperate and Boreal Forests Wet Grasslands Deserts Trees and Shrubs Climbing Plants Alpine Plants Ferns Palms and Cycads Carnivorous Plants A-Z of Invasive Plants There are many unique features in this book but the most impressive part is the pictures of fields of exotic flowers, maps to show locations and explorations of each global habitat. The authors explore how plants have vastly impacted human societies and also presents plant classification that is easy to understand. PLANT explores the stunning world we live in and introduces the reader to exotic landscapes, forests drenched in mist and flowering plants you will fall in love with and want to save. The vulnerable yellow angels' trumpets emit a powerful fragrance that lures in night-flying butterflies while strange blooms of green cactus-like sunflowers grow from the Dorstenia. Larch "flowers" are born from bark like visual poetry and many of the plants we know about are also on the lists of plants that could become extinct. Like the more familiar Japanese magnolia, Echniacea or Ginkgo biloba. You may want to cultivate your own passionflowers or plant more bulbs. There is a lot to think about. Like, who hasn't sprinkled a wildflower mix into a part of their yard or in a field. There is information about a poppy seed that self-seed vigorously and it is foun

Another Gorgeous Book from DK

The subtitle of this beautiful, oversized book is The Ultimate Visual Reference to Plants and Flowers of the World. The back cover calls the book "a spectacular A-Z survey of the world's plants from a gardener's perspective" and calls it "the essential guide to plants for today's responsible gardener." In addition to approximately 2,000 color illustrations, the book contains explanations of the origin of each plant, its habitat, and the conditions a plant needs in your garden and why. Plants that are under threat of extinction are identified, and gardeners are told how they can help ensure these plants' survival. (summary by South Texas Library System) I love that you can always count on DK for a quality book with stunning graphics.

THE ONLY BOOK ON PLANTS YOU'LL EVER NEED

PLANT IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL PLANT BOOK AVAILABLE. IT'S FILLED WITH GLORIOUS EYE POPPING PHOTOGRAPHS COVERING ENTIRE PAGES. ENTRIES AND INFORMATION ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS; ALL IN FULL COLOR. IT IS A WONDERFUL BROUSERS BOOK. iN ADDITION TO THAT IT PRESENTS A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HABITATS, HISTORY AND THE FUTURE PROBLEMS FACING PLANTS. ANYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN PLANTS WILL WANT TO READ THIS BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER.