Page 2 - Ninja Plants: Survival and Adaptation in the Plant World

To Jerome Su, who inspired this book after our walk through
the campus grounds of National Taiwan University in Taipei

A special thanks for technical support on the initial draft to botanist
James Boyer, Vice President for Children’s Education, New York
Botanical Garden

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Blevins, Wiley, author.
Title: Ninja plants : survival and adaptation in the plant world / by Wiley Blevins.
Other titles: Survival and adaptation in the plant world
Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2016] | Includes bibliographical
references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by
publisher; resource not viewed.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016021288 (print) | LCCN 2016018339 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512428537
(ebpdf) | ISBN 9781512410136 (lb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Plants—Adaptation—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QK921 (print) | LCC QK921 .B54 2016 (ebook) | DDC 581.4/7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016018339

Manufactured in the United States of America
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