Throughout human history plants have provided us with food, clothing, medicine and shelter. Canada is a huge country with diverse habitats that are home to an incredible diversity of plant species that have helped native peoples and early settlers survive through the centuries.
FEATURES:
- 448 pages
- 13.46 x 2.54 x 21.59 cm
- This book describes nearly 600 common trees, shrubs, flowers, ferns, mosses and lichens that have been used by people from ancient times to the present
- More than 800 colour photographs and illustrations.
- 530+ colour photographs and 125 illustrations