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Books
Hirsch, Rebecca E. When Plants Attack: Strange and Terrifying Plants. Minneapolis:
Millbrook Press, 2019.
Lawler, Janet. Scary Plants. New York: Penguin Young Readers, 2017.
Thorogood, Chris. Perfectly Peculiar Plants. Lake Forest, CA: Words & Pictures, 2018.
Websites
National Geographic Kids: Green Invaders
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/green-invaders/
Spot on Science: Invasive Plants
https://www.ideastream.org/programs/newsdepth/spot-on-science-invasive-plants
USDA Cooperative Extension: Invasive Species
https://invasive-species.extension.org/kids-page/
Index
Index
aquatic plants, 10–12 hydrilla, 12–13
chlorophyll, 7 kudzu, 16–22
dodder, 4–9 nutrients, 11
erosion, 19 parasite, 4
farmers, 15–19 pollinate, 22
flowers, 11, 18, 21–22 purple nutsedge, 14–15
giant salvinia, 10–11 tubers, 15
honeybees, 22 weeds, 5, 11, 14, 20
About The A
About The Authoruthor
Joyce Markovics enjoys writing about and collecting unusual plants. One of her favorites
is a huge, striped sansevieria with leaves that look like eels. She’d also like to add a whale
fin sansevieria to her indoor garden.
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