The Guinness guide to plants of the world
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The Guinness guide to plants of the world
Guinness, c1991
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Offering a journey into the origins, diversity, beauty and importance of the plant kingdom, this book examines the distinguishing characteristics of plants, their migration around the world and the ways in which they have successfully adapted to a wide array of ecological niches and habitats, from tundra to tropical forest. The book also highlights what is being done to ensure the future of plants - on which almost all life on earth depends - in the wake of over-exploitation and pollution. After an introductory section dealing with general themes at a global level, the contributors explore plants and their environments in the various regions of the world. These include the towering sequoias of the Sierra Nevada in California, the panoply of exotic orchids of the Amazon rainforest, the carnivorous plants inhabiting the bogs of the British Isles, the bush food of the Kalahari, the flowering cherry trees of Japan, the Australian desert in bloom and the indomitable sandwort surviving at Himalayan altitudes of more than 20,000 feet.
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