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Garden flora : the natural and cultural history of the plants in your garden

Kingsbury, Noël, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

635.9 KIN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:402854

Blooming flowers : a seasonal history of plants and people

Boddy, Kasia, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Books

Call Number

582.1309 BOD

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:561845

Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine

Hager, Thomas, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Books

Call Number

615.109 HAG

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:498119

Botanica North America : the illustrated guide to our native plants, their botany, history, and the way they have shaped our world

Harris, Marjorie, 1937-

Publication Date

2003

Format:

Books

Call Number

581.97 HAR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:4995

Ten Drugs

Hager, Thomas

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Ten Drugs

How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

Revered roots : ancestral teachings and wisdom of wild, edible, and medicinal plants

Bird, LoriAnn, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

581.63 BIR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:790753

The land knows me : a nature walk exploring Indigenous wisdom

Joseph, Leigh, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

581.63 JOS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:794082

Mythic plants : potions and poisons from the gardens of the gods

Zachos, Ellen, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

615.32109495 ZAC

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SD_ILS:790741

Carbon : the book of life

Hawken, Paul, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

577.144 HAW

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SD_ILS:795044

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When the Earth was green : plants, animals, and evolution's greatest romance

Black, Riley, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

561 BLA

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SD_ILS:796352

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Black in blues [large print] : how a color tells the story of my people

Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

305.896073 PER

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SD_ILS:804317

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Spices and spuds : how plants made our world

Warner, Andy, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

630 WAR

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SD_ILS:728199

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