Green Universe

From the smallest moss to the tallest giant redwood, and from the swath of bluebells in a spring woodland to the colors of a New England fall, Earth is a green planet and its plants are the basis for all life. Here botanist Stephen Blackmore takes us on a journey from the origin of the first cells more than three billion years ago, through the myriad forms they now take and the perfectly-adapted organs and organisms they comprise. The 150 color and black and white photographs in this book-including two-page spreads up to 11 × 24 inches-depict not only a globe-spanning assortment of plants and the landscapes in which they thrive, but also electron microscope images of their cells, which prove to have an awe-inspiring architecture.