Plant science An introduction to botany

Catherine Kleier

Streaming video - 2017

If you look around right now, chances are you'll see a plant. It could be a succulent in a pot on your desk, grasses or shrubs just outside your door, or trees in a park across the way. Proximity to plants tends to make us happy, even if we don't notice, offering unique pleasures and satisfactions. Open your eyes to the phenomenal and exciting world of botany!

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Published
[United States] : The Great Courses 2017.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Catherine Kleier (author)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 720 min.)) : sd., col
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience
Rated TVPG.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
  • Episode 1 The Joy of Botany Episode 2 Plants Are Like People Episode 3 Moss Sex and Peat's Engineered Habitat Episode 4 Fern Spores and the Vascular Conquest of Land Episode 5 Roots and Symbiosis with Non-Plants Episode 6 Stems Are More Than Just the In-Between Episode 7 The Leaf as a Biochemical Factory Episode 8 Photosynthesis Everyone Should Understand Episode 9 Days and Years in the Lives of Plants Episode 10 Advent of Seeds Episode 11 Why Conifers Are Holiday Plants Episode 12 Secrets of Flower Power Episode 13 The Coevolution of Who Pollinates Whom Episode 14 The Many Forms of Fruit Episode 15 Plant Seeds Get Around Episode 16 Water Plants Came from Land Episode 17 Why the Tropics Have So Many Plant Species Episode 18 The Complexity of Grasses and Grasslands Episode 19 Shrublands of Roses and Wine Episode 20 The Desert Bonanza of Plant Shapes Episode 21 How Temperate Trees Change Color and Grow Episode 22 Alpine Cold Makes Plants Do Funny Things Episode 23 Bad Plants Aren't So Bad Episode 24 Modifying the Genes of Plants.