The book of seeds : a life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world
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The University of Chicago Press,
Chicago :
[2018], ℗♭2018.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
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| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 2450 SMI | Seed Library | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Seeds are natures consummate survivors. The next time you admire a field of waving green grassland or a stunning grove of acacia, stop to consider how it got that way--often against incredible odds. Seeds can survive freezing temperatures and drought. They can pass through our digestive systems without damage and weather a trip across the ocean, hitching a ride on marine debris. They can even endure complete desiccation, a feat taken to extraordinary lengths by the date palm, a seed from which was recovered from the palace of Herod the Great was germinated after some two thousand years.
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Details
- ISBN: 022636223X
- ISBN: 9780226362236
- Physical Description: 656 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.print
- Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2018], ℗♭2018.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: What is a seed? -- How plants evolved -- Seeds & humans -- Seed conservation -- Plant diversity & why it matters -- Seed-bearing plants -- Cycadophyta -- Ginkophyta & gnetophyta -- Pinophyta -- Magnoliophyta.