Flora: Australia's Most Curious Plants

by MCCARTNEY, Tania

ISBN: 9781922507716
Australian: Yes
Published: 2024 by NLA Publishing
Level: Primary Years (3-5) , Middle Years (6-9)

Sustainability/Environment , Non fiction

This book includes spreads on the Gondwana Garden, Deadly Flora, Bush Food, Flora Ancestry and more. Meet the Tasmanian Mountain Ash, which is both the world’s tallest flowering plant and the tallest hardwood tree, growing more than a metre each year...for up to 400 years! Tania McCartney introduces readers to hard science too, including information on plant classification, countless cool scientific facts and binomial names and scientific terms, with a handy glossary aimed at children at the back of the book. (publisher’s synopsis)