Ninja Plants: Survival and Adaptation in the Plant World - page 14

symbiosis, 11, 24, 27, 35, 48
taproots, 58–59
teen environmentalists, 84–85
temperature, 10, 17, 23–24, 74,
78
thermogenesis, 23–25
thigmonasty, 30, 32, 34, 67
thorns and spines, 9, 23, 36–38,
42, 63
titan arum, 20–21
touch.
See
thigmonasty
transpiration, 16–18, 75
transportation, human, 84
traps, 23, 28–34
Tree of Life, 58
tree planting, 77, 82–83
trees and shrubs
acacia, 38
baobab, 56
dragon blood, 53
durian, 27
eucalyptus, 74–75
hawthorn, 38
jabuticaba, 50
mesquite, 58
paperbark, 71–72
pines, 14, 25, 57, 70, 72–73
redwood, 73
sandbox, 41–42
willow, 38, 54
trumpet pitcher, 33
unicorn plant, 64–65
US Department of Agriculture,
25, 72
US Forest Service, 72
utricles, 30
Valley of Square Trees, 55
Vavilovian mimicry, 52
Velcro, 64
Venus flytrap, 5, 29–30
video games, 77
vines, 23, 32, 38, 47, 48, 65–67
Boquila trifoliolata
, 47
water, 9–11, 13, 16–17, 30, 34,
43, 53, 56, 58–61, 65–67,
72–73, 80–82, 84
agent in fertilization, 13
required by plants, 9–10, 58,
60
welwitschia, 58
“Whosoever Plants a Tree”
(Dennis), 77
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Natasha Umer,“Touching the Gympie Gympie PlantWill MakeYou Feel LikeYou’re
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Charles Darwin, quoted in Daniel
Chamovitz,
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