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Author : Lara Hawthorne
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536232844
Hawthorne delivers an exquisitely illustrated picture book about the Saguaro cactus which grows in the Sonoran desert in Arizona and its flower, which blooms only one night a year. Full color.
Author : Lara Hawthorne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Cactus
ISBN : 1338747762
"As the summer sun sets over the desert, creatures gather for a very special event. The saguaro cactus is about to bloom. Join pollinating fruit bats, howling mice, and other animals on their journey to visit the flower in this beautiful nature-inspired story."--p. [4] of cover.
Author : Delena Tull
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780292748279
Originally published: Practical guide to edible and useful plants. Austin, Tex.: Texas Monthly Press, c1987.
Author : Stan Tekiela
Publisher : Adventure Publications
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781591933434
Stan Tekiela, acclaimed naturalist and wildlife photographer, informs and entertains you in these monthly observations of nature. Let him guide you through the seasons with 64 of his most engaging accounts of up-close-and-personal observations and experiences with nature. The month-by-month guide examines what you can expect to see in the natural world, filled with Stan's keen perspectives and personal guidance. Relive Stan's adventures, hear his opinions and learn a lot about nature along the way!
Author : George Oxford Miller
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781610588461
In this comprehensive, richly illustrated guide, author George Oxford Miller provides the "how-to," "when-to," and "what-to" for gardeners, landscapers, and homeowners throughout Texas. Have you ever planted a beautiful—and expensive—shrub in your yard and watched it slowly die because it was in the wrong location? Insufficient sunlight, too much water, improper soil, or too hot an exposure can turn the nursery-perfect specimen into an eyesore. This all-in-one DIY guide helps you beautify your yard using low-maintenance native plants specifically adapted to your local growing conditions. Whether as foundation hedges, mass plantings, or accent shrubs, Texas’ vast offering of native species can bring year-round beauty to any lawn space. Covering wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, cacti, and groundcovers, this book selects the species that combine ornamental qualities, growth habit, adaptability, and year-round beauty for the highest landscape value. Chapters include photos, maps, charts, and design samples to provide guidelines for species selection and planting, ongoing maintenance, landscape design, and water and energy conservation. Plant descriptions provide detailed habitat requirements for hundreds of native plants, and photos illustrate how each plant looks in the landscape. In Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas, new and experienced gardeners alike will find the facts and advice needed to choose the plants best adapted for their particular landscape. The ornamental beauty of Texas’ native species and the economic advantages of using plants adapted to the local climate demonstrate that the best for our landscapes often comes from our own backyards. And perhaps most importantly, using native plants encourages the repair and preservation of natural plant communities and the wildlife they shelter.
Author : George Olin
Publisher : Western National Parks Association
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1877856398
Author : Glynda Joy Nord
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781490731315
A brief description and history of each state's flower and tree symbols, plus those of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Virgin Islands.
Author : Lara Hawthorne
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781787416246
Alba the fish has spent her entire life collecting precious objects that drift down to the ocean floor. From delicate shells to brightly coloured coral, each year on her birthday she gathers one more precious item. But over the years, Alba notices her collection is losing its sparkle and that the world is changing. What are these bits of plastic and metal? As the coral reef fades, Alba decides to leave her home behind. Can an old fish teach the world how to bring colour back to the ocean? The One-Hundred-Year-Old Fish gently highlights the issue of pollution. A beautifully illustrated picture book from exciting new talent Lara Hawthorne.
Author : Rowan Jacobsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781608192533
Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time with no pollination and no fruit. The fruitless fall nearly became a reality when, in 2007, beekeepers watched thirty billion bees mysteriously die. And they continue to disappear. The remaining pollinators, essential to the cultivation of a third of American crops, are now trucked across the country and flown around the world, pushing them ever closer to collapse. Fruitless Fall does more than just highlight this growing agricultural catastrophe. It emphasizes the miracle of flowering plants and their pollination partners, and urges readers not to take the abundance of our Earth for granted. A new afterword by the author tracks the most recent developments in this ongoing crisis.
Author : Andrew Lenartz
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780826362902
A true southwestern treasure, this all-inclusive guide to South Mountain Park and Preserve encourages readers to discover the nature and adventure available in this massive outdoor playground.
Author : Jesse Vernon Trail
Publisher : ECW/ORIM
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781770907041
“Showcases the many weird and wonderful ways plants adapt to survive and spread their progeny . . . A great book for anyone interested in botany” (The Gardener). Whether it’s an arctic heather that can create subtropical conditions within its leaves, or a dwarf mistletoe that can shoot its seeds up to fifty feet away, plants demonstrate remarkable strategies in coping with and surviving their environments. Plants are often exposed to bitter cold, relentless winds, intense heat, drought, fire, pollution, and many other adverse growing conditions. Yet they are still able to survive and often even thrive. This book showcases these exceptional plants with absorbing information and stunning photos that will inspire a new respect for nature’s innovation and resilience. “From hummingbirds on the high slopes of the Andes to sugarbirds on the South African Cape, Vernon takes the reader on an awe-inducing journey to discover the secret life of pollinators and the plants that depend upon them. . . . You’ll delight in the surprising, unusual, and downright amazing strategies plants use to cope and copulate.” —Sierra
Author : Theodore H. Fleming,Alfonso Valiente-Banuet
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816540211
A collection of writings on the ecology, evolution, and conservation of columnar cacti and their vertebrate mutualists, demonstrating that the survival of these cacti depends on animals who pollinate them and disperse their seeds.
Author : Clayton Anderson
Publisher : Les Guides de voyage Ulysse
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 2894643926
Ulysses reveals all the secrets of the Grand Canyon and leads you on the discovery of other parks sculpted by nature in this south-western U.S. state. It also takes you to Arizona's dynamic cities, most notably, Phoenix and Tuscon.
Author : George Oxford Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1616731990
As the world heats up and we become more and more conscious of our place in the natural scheme, the appeal of the native plants of the Southwest becomes ever more compelling for gardeners. In addition to providing year-round beauty with relatively little maintenance, landscaping with native plants contributes to the repair of the natural ecosystem and brings us closer to our environment—and the array of native plant material available to the Southwestern gardener is diverse and spectacular, providing seemingly endless opportunities for creative and attractive landscapes. In Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest, George Oxford Miller provides the definitive guide to choosing the best of the best among the native plants of Arizona and New Mexico. Covering wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, groundcovers, and cacti, this comprehensive, richly illustrated book selects the species whose ornamental qualities, growth habit, adaptability, maintenance needs, and beauty add up to the highest landscape value. The illustrations, maps, and charts provide guidelines for species selection and planting, ongoing maintenance, landscape design, and water and energy conservation. In-depth plant profiles describe the habitat requirements for more than 350 native plant species, subspecies, and varieties, with lush photographs illustrating how each plant looks and responds to landscape conditions. As the interest in native-plant landscaping and xeriscaping continues to grow, this book will find a place on the shelf of every gardener and landscaper in the region—or of anybody interested in recreating the beauty of the Southwest in a hot, dry corner of the yard.
Author : Paul Bogard
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780316228794
A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience true darkness. In The End of Night, Paul Bogard restores our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced the human experience across everything from science to art. From Las Vegas' Luxor Beam -- the brightest single spot on this planet -- to nights so starlit the sky looks like snow, Bogard blends personal narrative, natural history, science, and history to shed light on the importance of darkness -- what we've lost, what we still have, and what we might regain -- and the simple ways we can reduce the brightness of our nights tonight.