plants

Color photographs and text provide information about seeds, what they are, and their role in helping plants grow.

Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Describes the Venus's flytrap, sundew, butterwort, bladderwort, fungus, pitcher plant, and cobra plant.

Provides information on plant structures, how plants survive and meet their needs, and related topics, and recommends related Web sites.

Text and photographs describe the characteristicss, importance, and uses of plants.

Presents profiles of twenty-one unusual plants, each with a discussion of what is strange about the plant, a description of its appearance, an explanation of why it has its odd feature, information about where it can be found, and what to see and do with the plant.

Describes the make-up of plants and their utilization of food and sunlight.

Describes the structure and functions of plant cells; presents a look at plant reproduction, covering mitosis and meiosis; and explains how plant cells are studied.

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.

Through text and colorful photographs the reader is introduced to how plants compete endlessly for survival with other plants and animals.