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Author:

Hirsch, Rebecca E., author.

Title:

When plants attack : strange and terrifying plants / Rebecca E. Hirsch.

Publisher:

Millbrook Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

Poisonous plants--Juvenile literature.
Dangerous plants--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 46-47) and index.

Contents:

Beware the killer plants! -- Stinging tree -- The ants rush out -- A deadly squeeze -- Slippery pit of doom -- Stinking deception -- The bird catcher -- Attack of the vampire vine -- Creeping, crawling, invader -- The quest for survival.

Summary:

"Science writer and plant expert Rebecca E. Hirsch presents fun and gross facts about a variety of plants along with explaining the science behind why they do what they do. Featured plants include the Venus Flytrap, an African tree that houses stinging ants to protect itself from hungry animals, a "vampire vine" that sucks nutrients from other plants, and fiendishly invasive kudzu."-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1541526708
9781541526709

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1037887231

LCCN:

2018022633

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

ZNPA437 -- Mondamin Public Library (Mondamin)

MCPB423 -- Radcliffe Public Library (Radcliffe)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)