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Carregando... Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (2009)de Amy Stewart
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Very interesting -- makes me amazed that humans have found any edible plants at all! The book certainly makes one think that majority of plants are poisonous. I wish there was a full colour version with official botanical pics of the plants for id purposes. Most of the "stories" are simple anecdotes, so the book is a little more like "light reference" -- it doesn't even go in depth on many of the plants. Just a tasting of the defenses out there. I couldn't put it down and it became too much of a good thing. The author covers poisonous plants, plants that cause irritation, but also -plants people are commonly allergic to-. And importantly, alerts for plants that household pets will be injured or worse by! In the ebook, the epilogue provides links to active sites where plant information can be put into a database, and a list of Poison Gardens in the USA and elsewhere. I was so glad to read this. Five stars for the text, which is well written and tells us more about deadly, dangerous, destructive, and annoying plants than we thought we would ever know. One star for the black and white drawings, which while done with skills, are totally inadequate to faithfully represent these plants, which the author describes in great detail, including their often unusual colors and markings. Worth getting from the library, perhaps, but I don't recommend purchasing this one (as I did!)
Wicked Plants is a stroll down a garden path of dread. Some of the most beloved and innocent plants in our own personal edens are villains at their core...Some 3,900 people in the U.S. are injured every year by poking around electrical outlets, while more than 68,000 are poisoned by plants... Pertence à sérieWicked Things (1) InspiradoPrêmiosDistinctionsNotable Lists
Stewart takes on more than 200 of Mother Nature's most appalling creations and offers this A-to-Z compendium of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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