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

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