Air plants
Subtitle: epiphytes and aerial gardens
By: David H. Benzing
Publisher: Comstock Pub. Associates
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780801450433
Subjects: Epiphytes
Description: Benzing takes a reader on a tour of the many taxonomic groups to which the epiphytes belong and explains in nontechnical language the anatomical and physiological adaptations that allow these plants to conserve water, thrive without the benefit of soil, and engage in unusual relationships with animals such as frogs and ants.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.