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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Young readers will cheer at the happy outcome of this exciting tale. And they will long remember the heartening message of the tiny seed's steadfast perseverance in the face of many hazards and obstacles...
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is categorized as "endangered" by the state of Colorado. The kit fox population in Colorado experienced a dramatic crash in the late 1990s. This study used non-invasive detection methods to evaluate the current distribution of the species in west-central Colorado. The results from this survey indicate that there are currently few to no resident kit foxes within the study area in west-central Colorado. It is clear that...
9) Seeds move!
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Every seed, big or small, needs sunlight, water, and an uncrowded place to put down roots. But how do seeds get to the perfect place to grow? This exploration of seed dispersal covers a wide range of seeds and the creatures that help them move, from a coconut seed floating on waves to an African grass seed rolled by a dung beetle, to a milkweed seed floating on the wind.
10) Bats
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1985
Description
Describes the varied characteristics and habits of bats and the importance of their roles as pollinators and seed dispersers.
11) How seeds travel
Author
Pub. Date
1982
Description
Describes how seeds are moved from place to place by wind, water, and animals, and how they function in plant reproduction.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Each of the three seeds in this story--a cherry seed in the Middle East, an acacia seed in Australia, and a lotus seed in Asia--survives a difficult journey through flood, fire, or drought, then sprouts (in the case of the lotus seed, a hundred years later) and flourishes. To author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children. Kids, like seeds, thrive when given a chance." --book jacket
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
A seed slips beyond a garden wall. A tree is planted on a precarious border. A shrub is stolen from its culture and its land. What happens when these plants leave their original homes and put down roots elsewhere? In fourteen essays, Dispersals explores the entanglements of the plant and human worlds: from species considered invasive, like giant hogweed; to those vilified but intimate, like soy; and those like kelp, on which our futures depend. Each...
19) Faith in a seed
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Thoreau's last important research and writing projects, published here for the first time, draws on Darwin's theory of natural selection to describe plant ecology.