Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Botany Basics 5
Chapter 1: Exploring Botany 7
Chapter 2: Peering at Plant Cells and Tissues 13
Chapter 3: Vegetative Structures: Stems, Roots, and Leaves 47
Chapter 4: Reproductive Structures: Spores, Seeds, Cones, Flowers, and Fruits 71
Part 2: Discovering Plant Physiology 91
Chapter 5: Photosynthesis: Making Sugar from Scratch 93
Chapter 6: Cellular Respiration: Making Your Cake and Eating It, Too 115
Chapter 7: Moving Materials through Plants 127
Chapter 8: Regulating Plant Growth and Development 143
Part 3: Making More Plants: Plant Reproduction and Genetics 159
Chapter 9: Greening the Earth: Plant Reproduction 161
Chapter 10: Passing Plant Characteristics to the Next Generation 179
Chapter 11: Changing with the Times: Evolution and Adaptation 197
Part 4: The Wide, Wonderful World of Plants 213
Chapter 12: The Tree of Life: Showing the Relationships between Living Things 215
Chapter 13: Precursors to Plants: Bacteria, Protists, and Algae 227
Chapter 14: Examining the Forest Floor: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants 237
Chapter 15: Their Seeds Are Naked: Gymnosperms 261
Chapter 16: Say It with Flowers: Angiosperms 273
Chapter 17: I'm Not a Plant, But I'm a Fungi 287
Part 5: Embracing the Synergy of Plants and People 299
Chapter 18: Exploring the Relationship Between People and Plants 301
Chapter 19: Foraging, Farming, and Engineering Plants 321
Chapter 20: Making Connections with Plant Ecology 339
Part 6: The Part of Tens 355
Chapter 21: Ten Weirdest Plants 357
Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Improving Your Grade in Botany 363
Index 369
