DK Eyewitness Guides: Plant by David Burnie
Plants provide the food and the oxygen needed to sustain all animal life. Without them there would be no life on Earth. Plants grow almost everywhere - from sandy beaches to dark forests and from high mountains to hot deserts.Plant uses unique time-lapse photo-sequences to show how a seedling emerges from a seed how a flower opens how a dandelion makes its fluffy seed head and how a Venus fly trap catches insects. Explore the complex world of plants see how they make food reproduce and grow.Discover the importance of plants in human life and how they are used both as food and as medicines. Produced in association with the Natural History Museum London and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Plant is a beautiful and informative visual guide to the natural history of plants.