Introduction Springtime is when nature appears to come back to life after winter. Trees grow leaves, grass gets green, and flowers sprout, displaying beautiful colors and sometimes spreading a ...

In some deserts of the world, a series of heavy rains can trigger many species of plant to flower at the same time. Beneath Death Valley lies a massive seed bank of desert wildflowers and when heavy ...

BOOKSELLERS everywhere must be wondering where to shelve this slim volume. Its title has more than a whiff of the botanical treatise, and the text is dotted with familiar schoolbook diagrams of ...