cryptogams

Brief rhyming text and illustrations present a variety of plants that do not flower but propagate by means of spores, seeds, and cones.

Readers learn the characteristics of two kinds of plants by the way they reproduce, take a quiz on what they have learned, and discover the plants that are exceptions to the rules.

Examines the key characteristics of nonflowering plants, explaining what they are and what they look like, discusses classes of nonflowering plants, and features descriptions of a selection of nonflowering plant orders, including mosses, horsetails, conifers, and others.

Brief rhyming text and illustrations present a variety of plants that do not flower but propagate by means of spores, seeds, and cones.

Contains color illustrations and descriptions of over 450 trees, shrubs, and nonflowering plants, providing information about the textures, shapes, colors, and other characteristics of each species; and includes range maps.

Examines the key characteristics of nonflowering plants, explaining what they are and what they look like, discusses classes of nonflowering plants, and features descriptions of a selection of nonflowering plant orders, including mosses, horsetails, conifers, and others.

Describes the characteristics and life cycles of a number of plants which have no flowers or seeds: algae, fungi, lichens, liverworts, mosses, ferns, and others.

Examines the characteristics of simple plants that do not have seeds, including algae, fungi, lichen, mosses, and ferns, with a brief look at bacteria.

Brief rhyming text and illustrations present a variety of plants that do not flower but propagate by means of spores, seeds, and cones.