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Plants : flowering plants, ferns, mosses, and other plants / by Shar Levine, Leslie Johnstone.

by Levine, Shar, 1953-

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Crabtree Pub., c2010.

Plants -- Juvenile literature.

Class of their own

48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.

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.

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.

Johnstone, Leslie.

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