INDEX
abiotic pollination, 13
acacia tree, 38
acids, 7, 18, 30, 38, 41
Africa, 38, 43, 48, 56, 58, 74,
82–83
Alien Species Prevention and
Enforcement Act, 72
allelopathy, 9
Alnwick Garden, 39
Amazon rain forest, 41, 46
American Indians, 78
animals, 5–6, 8–9, 13, 14, 16–20,
24, 26–31, 33, 37–38, 40,
42, 47–48, 50, 53, 59–60,
62, 64, 68, 74, 76, 78–79,
81–82
See also
insects and
arthropods
arborsculpture, 15
Arctic regions, 54–55, 65
art, 15, 76
asexual reproduction, 14–16,
48, 64
Asia, 20–21, 24, 26–27, 36, 38, 40,
43, 74–75, 78
Australia, 25, 32, 38, 41, 46, 50,
56, 71, 72–74
Bakerian mimicry, 52
baobab trees, 56
bark, 15, 19, 25, 36–37, 50, 53,
71–76
Bartram,William, 76–77
Batesian mimicry, 46–47, 52
binomial nomenclature, 8
birds, 11–13, 24, 30, 33, 37, 43,
49, 82
birthworts, 32
bladderworts, 30–31
bleeding hearts, 53
bleeding tooth fungi, 49, 51
botanists, 5, 8, 18–19, 28, 41, 44,
46–47, 52, 65, 73
botany, 5
burning bush, 74–75
burrs, 6, 64
butterworts, 34
cacti, 60–61, 63–64
cambium layer, 15, 37
carbon dioxide, 10, 16–17, 58,
78–79
carnivorous plants, 6, 28–35, 78
carrion flower, 20–21
Central America, 43, 55, 67
chemical warfare, 9
chlorophyll, 10, 16–17
climate, 6, 38, 54, 74, 79–80,
82–85
clonal propagation, 64
clones, 14
color, 7, 11, 13, 29, 31, 47, 53, 75
cones, 14, 72–73
cotton grass plant, 51
cow’s udder plant, 51
Crooked Forest (Gryfino), 57
cyanide, 40
cytokinins, 18
Darwin, Charles, 7, 68
defense mechanisms, 9, 24, 46, 74
deforestation, 80, 82–83
de Mestral, George, 64
Dennis, Felix, 77
desertification, 82
desert raisin, 73
deserts, 48, 58, 60, 63, 73, 82
devil’s claw, 64
devil’s fingers, 50
diagrams, 8, 12, 17
diet, human, 50, 52–53, 78,
80–81
digestion, 18, 26–31, 33–35,
40, 53
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), 7
Dobzhansky,Theodosius, 7
dodder vines, 65–67
Dodsonian mimicry, 52
domesticated plants, 60
dormancy, 6, 10, 18, 55, 60–61,
73
dragon blood tree, 53
drug plants, 39
durian, 27
environmental challenges, 10, 18,
28, 54–57, 60
Environmental Protection
Agency, 72
Epic of Gilgamesh
, 78
eriosyce, 61
Erlandson,Axel, 15
ethylene gas, 9, 18, 38
eucalyptus trees, 74–75
Europe, 24, 38, 43, 46, 49, 74
evolution, 7–11, 18–19, 24, 54,
60, 72
exploding plants, 7, 14, 25,
36–37, 41–42, 74
farming, 15, 52, 57, 67, 72, 79–82
female flower parts, 11–14,
21–23, 52
ferns, 10, 40, 59–60
fire, 19, 70–75
fire-starting plants, 74–75
flavonoids, 12
flowers, 7, 13, 21, 23, 32, 45, 51,
52, 65 lilies, 22, 34–35
roses, 8
sunflowers, 68–69
See also
orchids
food crops, 15, 52, 67, 72, 79–82
fruits, 12, 14, 18, 25–27, 34,
36–37, 41–43, 48–50,
73, 82
fungi, 11, 26, 48–51, 60
bird’s nest, 49
bleeding tooth, 49, 51
See also
mushrooms
galloping moss, 65
gardens, 7, 15, 21, 39, 53, 82, 84
gases, 9, 17–18, 38, 41, 59, 74,
78, 84
genetic drift, 9
genetics, 9, 14, 52
genus, 8, 30–31, 47–48, 52–53, 74
gibberellins, 18
global warming, 79–80, 82–85
grafts, 15
heat-producing plants, 23–25
heliotropism, 69
hellebore, 5, 24
hemlock, 39
herbivores, 9, 68
holly, 37
horizontal gene transfer, 48
hormones, 17–18
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