Plantabulous!

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More A to Z of Australian Plants

By: Catherine Clowes Illustrated by: Rachel Gyan

eBook - June 2024 - eRetailers

Discover just how fabulous Australia's iconic and unique native plants really are!

Did you know that there are plants that can survive fire? Plants with seed pods that explode, shooting seeds far and wide? Plants that can help clean up pollution? Or that Australia is home to the most ‘venomous’ plant in the world? + Full description

Plantabulous! More A to Z of Australian Plants presents 26 iconic and unique native plants for you to discover in your local park, bushland or even your own backyard! Filled with fabulous facts, activities and illustrations, Plantabulous! will prove just how fabulous Australia’s native plants really are!

Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend this book for ages 6 to 12.

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Reviews

"The author of this book has managed to select 26 [plants] to explore in detail in this new book designed to build awareness not only of the diversity but also the role that each plays in the environment. Each has true-to-life illustrations, fascinating facts and other information as well as a pronunciation guide so readers can dip and delve as they choose."
Barbara Braxton, The Bottom Shelf, 6 June 2024

"The illustrations are bright and quite beautiful making this a book you can simply look at to learn names and enjoy the images or to delve deeper learning all sorts of fascinating and inspiring things."
Jane Stephens, Good Reading, July 2024

Details

Hardback | June 2024 | $ 29.99
ISBN: 9781486317202 | 64 pages | 280 x 215 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations

ePDF | June 2024
ISBN: 9781486317219
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Available from eRetailers

ePUB | June 2024
ISBN: 9781486317226
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Available from eRetailers

Features

Packed with fascinating facts about Australian native plants.
Provides a Plantabulous Activity for each featured species.
Explains traditional Indigenous uses for some plants.
Includes common plants with wide distributions to help in discovering more about local flora.
Includes bright and beautiful illustrations for easy identification of plants out in the wild.
A fabulous companion book from the amazing team behind Plantastic!

Australia’s fabulous native plants
How to use this book
A – Ant Plant
B – Burrawang
C – Christmas Tree
D – Desert Raisin
E – Epacris
F – Fig
G – Gympie Gympie
H – Hibbertia
I – Illawarra Flame Tree and Illawarra Plum
J – Juncus
K – Kangaroo Grass
L – Lily
M – Mangrove
N – Nothofagus
O – Ophioglossum
P – Pitcher Plants
Q – Quinine Bush
R – Resurrection plants
S – Sturt’s Desert Pea and other Swainsona
T – Thismia
U – Upside-Down Tree
V – Verticordia
W – Waratah
X – Xerochrysum
Y – Yam
Z – Zostera
Map/Where to find the plants
Plant ecoregions
Glossary
Acknowledgements

View the full table of contents (PDF, 1150KB).

Authors

Catherine Clowes is a botanist with a passion for Australian native plants. She works as a biodiversity officer, has a PhD in systematic botany and spends a good chunk of her spare time in her very own Australian native plant garden!

Rachel Gyan is an illustrator passionate about artful storytelling. Her heart-warming characters are empowered by whimsy, texture and vibrant colour palettes. Rachel enjoys studying Australian flora and wildlife, drawing inspiration from her surroundings to capture the beautiful and sometimes quirky nature of Australia in her work.

Also available from this team: Plantastic! A to Z of Australian Plants.