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The scientific study of plants.

Botany Books

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification
The Signature of All Things
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
Botany for Gardeners
Lab Girl
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses
Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary
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Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonRed by Terry Tempest WilliamsTracks by Robyn DavidsonTrack of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Deserts of the World
116 books — 21 voters
Rats by Robert SullivanLily Pond by Hope RydenThe Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'GormanPaddy by R.D. LawrenceEager by Ben Goldfarb
Natural History of Rodents
39 books — 8 voters

Can You Hear the Trees Talking? by Peter WohllebenA Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts AstonWe Are the Gardeners by Joanna GainesBecause of an Acorn by Lola M. SchaeferGrow Organic Salad Leaves and Greens by Charles Dowding
Great Plant Life Books for Families (Digital Formats)
15 books — 4 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
393 books — 117 voters

Don't Forget to Dance by Marc AlderdiceThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
The Natural World: Natural Science and Natural History for Adults
814 books — 308 voters
The Golem by Gustav MeyrinkPinocchio by Carlo CollodiThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Artificial Beings in Fiction Not of Technological Origin
56 books — 3 voters

Quotes Tagged “Botany”

“ Aboveground portions of a plant represent only “the tip of an iceberg. ”
― Lincoln Taiz; Eduardo Zeiger, Plant Physiology by Lincoln Taiz
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“ I plonk myself down opposite him and open the first book, titled Wild and Weird: Flowers Beyond the Garden. The green angelica flower embroidered on the cover represents inspiration and imagination. Based on that alone, I expect the author of this particular book to embellish a few facts, but it’s still worth a flick through. A few pages in, I come across a beautifully illustrated vine of clematis, each violet-inked flower detailing eight long petals, open like a giant star. I’ve never actually ...more ”
― Becky Jenkinson, Wildflower
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Videos Tagged “Botany”

Branching Out - How Trees are part of Our World
Branching Out - How Trees are part of Our World
Tips for Lighting Orchids Indoors
Tips for Lighting Orchids Indoors
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Groups Tagged "Botany"

This group was founded to contribute to the listopia of 'Botany Reference Books' for taxonomic i…more
8 members, last active 4 years ago
Collection of books on survival, the PNW, and other relevant skills.
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Heartwood Student Book Club This is a book club for Heartwood Students to share books on herbs and herbal medicine related b…more
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Bio-Nerds A place to discuss all things biological.
114 members, last active 9 years ago