Killer Plants

Killer Plants
Author: Molly Williams
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0762499257

Explore the darker side of nature with this accessible guide to choosing, growing, and caring for carnivorous and predatory plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and other spooky guys. Carnivorous plants: they're weird, they're gorgeous, and they're the perfect addition to your urban jungle of pothos, snake plants, and succulents. However, they can also be intimidating to grow and care for. Let Killer Plants be your guide as it walks you through the different types of carnivorous plants and how to keep each variety alive and well. The book answers the many questions you may have surrounding these freaks of nature, such as: Where the heck do I buy a pitcher plant? Can I grow it from a seed? Do I need to feed my carnivorous plant flies, or can it survive on water and light alone? What carnivorous plants are safe to have around pets and kids? I have a gnat problem -- what predatory plant can help?

Killer Carnivorous Plants

Killer Carnivorous Plants
Author: Nathan Aaseng
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1978505515

Plants sit at the bottom of the food chain. They provide meals for the vast majority of animals on earth, but what if the food chain were upset? Strange as it may sound, there are places on virtually every continent where plants are the hunters and animals the hunted. Some plants move so quickly that insects do not know what hit them. Others lay elaborate traps to lure their prey. Featuring stunning full-color photographs, informative sidebars, and accessible text, this book will fascinate young readers as it introduces them to real meat-eating plants of the world.

Carnivorous Plants

Carnivorous Plants
Author: Adrian Slack
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1979
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780262690898

Provides an introduction to carnivorous plants, and features descriptions and illustrations of representative species, each with detailed information on the structure and mechanism of its trap.

Carnivorous Plants

Carnivorous Plants
Author: Joyce Markovics
Publisher: Beware! Killer Plants
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781534189065

Plants might look harmless, but they can be killers. Carnivorous plants catch and eat small animals. This narrative nonfiction series features some of the most amazing--and deadly--carnivorous plants on the planet. Each book in this series includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and a feature on animal and plant mutualism.

Beware! Killer Plants (Set)

Beware! Killer Plants (Set)
Author: Joyce Markovics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781534192898

Plants might look harmless, but they can be killers. This narrative nonfiction series features some of the most amazing--and deadly--plants on the planet, from carnivorous plants to burning plants. Each book in this series includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and a feature on animal and plant mutualism.

Florida's Carnivorous Plants

Florida's Carnivorous Plants
Author: Kenny Coogan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2022-10-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1683342968

Learn about Florida's endemic carnivorous plants in this exciting book written for the budding naturalist and hobbyist. Florida has dozens of native species of carnivorous plants––more than any other state in the United States—including sundews, butterworts, bladderworts, and pitcher plants. These plants use appealing scents, leaves, and sticky fluids to trap and imprison insects. Digestive fluids then absorb the prey giving the plant its nutrients. Many of these plants can be grown at home in the backyard, in rain gardens, or in some cases on the windowsill. Florida’s Carnivorous Plants provides an identification and growing guide for the major genera of carnivorous plants found in Florida. Each species description includes etymology, a history of the plant’s discovery highlighting diverse scientists, anatomy, habitat range, and popular cultivars for beginners. Tables include soil requirements, types of potting, water level, amount of light, dormancy and temperature requirements, and propagation tips. A glossary provides readers with the tools to learn botanical jargon to improve their identification skills.

The Sinister Beauty of Carnivorous Plants

The Sinister Beauty of Carnivorous Plants
Author: Matthew M. Kaelin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780764350986

The alluring nature of carnivorous plants is on stunning display in this fine art-style collection of botanical photographs. Over 140 colour images show in minute detail species, hybrids, and cultivars from around the world, many painstakingly cultivated by the author in his native New York. The images were taken in a studio setting as well as in their natural environment. While not a beginners introduction to these unusual creatures and how they consume their prey, the book does include detailed captions and text containing horticultural information like genus, specie, and common names, ranges, and conservation status. Additional sections offer a primer on equipment and conditions for growing the specimens; identify threats to the plants natural habitats and the conservation organisations that are working to protect them; and present a survey of Long Islands native carnivorous plants, making this a valuable horticultural reference as well. This book will appeal to both fine art photography aficionados and horticultural enthusiasts.

Killer Plants

Killer Plants
Author: Mycol Doyle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781565650565

Describes thirteen plants, such as the sundew, bladderwort, and mistletoe, that depend on the animal world or other plants for their nutrition.

The Ruins

The Ruins
Author: Scott Smith
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2006-07-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307266044

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine in "the best horror novel of the new century" (Stephen King). Also a major motion picture! Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site ... and the terrifying presence that lurks there. "The Ruins does for Mexican vacations what Jaws did for New England beaches.” —Entertainment Weekly “Smith’s nail-biting tension is a pleasure all its own.... This stuff isn’t for the faint of heart.” —New York Post “A story so scary you may never want to go on vacation, or dig around in your garden, again.” —USA Today

Killer Plants

Killer Plants
Author: Louise and Richard Spilsbury
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1681033208

Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, and sundews are all examples of nature's insect traps. They use their sugary nectar to lure prey to them, before each carries out a unique killer plan of capture. The predatory power of the plants featured in this title will stun young students.