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Marvels of Plant Life: Curiosities of Vegetation
Hardcover
Botany & HorticultureGeneral NatureNature Writing
ISBN13: 9781528774635
Publisher: Thousand Fields
Published: Aug 12 2025
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Originally published in the late-nineteenth century, M. C. Cooke presents a series of vivid accounts detailing parasitic species, carnivorous plants, and other botanical phenomena.
This unique volume offers a captivating exploration of the more unusual and extraordinary species found within the plant kingdom. Drawing on a wealth of botanical observation, this unique volume explores and challenges the conventional expectations of how plants live, feed, and survive.
A work that continues to inspire curiosity about the extraordinary diversity of plant life, Marvels of Plant Life will appeal to general readers with a fascination for the wonders of the natural world, as well as to educators seeking compelling case studies for plant phenomena in the classroom.
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