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This unique book is derived from the teachings of the great eclectic naturopathic physician, John Bastyr — recognized by his peers as one of the greatest natural healers in the world. Through practical advice and insight drawn from Dr. Bastyr’s notes, lectures, and writings, as well as the author’s own clinical experiments with plants during 25 years of practice, this carefully compiled volume provides a distinctive picture of the man and his medicine…. More >>

Plant Medicine in Practice: Using the Teachings of John Bastyr

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1. Which is not an adaptive advantage of a seed plant?
A. Pollen that allows a seed plant to reproduce without free-standing water
B. Pollen that provides food for bees and other insects
C. Seeds that nourish and protect the plant embryo
D. Seeds that allow plants to disperse to new places
2. Which plants lack a vascular system?
A. Ferns
B. Gymnosperms
C. Angiosperms
D. Mosses
3. Which plants do not depend on free-standing water to carry sperm to eggs?
A. Mosses
B. Ferns
C. Club mosses
D. Seed plants
4. Which plant group produces fruits?
A. Angiosperms
B. Gymnosperms
C. Cycads
D. Conifers
5. Which of the following is a characteristic of conifers?
A. Fruits
B. Needlelike leaves
C. Flowers
D. Rhizomes
6. Why is pollination in angiosperms more efficient than in gymnosperms?
A. Angiosperms produce more pollen than do gymnosperms.
B. Animals help transfer pollen directly from flower to flower in many angiosperms.
C. Pollen is transferred directly from cone to cone in gymnosperms.
D. Wind is an efficient pollinator.
7. Which adaptation gives flowering plants an evolutionary advantage?
A. Insects carry seeds from place to place when they gather nectar.
B. Small animals eat seeds and digest the tough seed covering.
C. Burrs on seeds prevent animals from eating them.
D. Animals are attracted to sweet fruits and disperse the seeds they contain.
8. Which flowering-plant group is correctly paired with a characteristic?
A. Monocot: flower parts in multiples of four or five
B. Monocot: ringed vascular tissue
C. Dicot: netlike veins
D. Dicot: scattered vascular tissue
9. What is true about woody plant stems?
A. Their cells have walls containing a lot of lignin and cellulose.
B. They are herbaceous.
C. Their cells contain wood.
D. They have stiff stems and flexible branches.
10. What occurs during the first year of a biennial plant’s life cycle?
A. Flowers and seeds are made
B. Fruits are produced
C. A short stem, leaves close to the ground, and underground food reserves are made
D. A tall stem and many leaves are formed

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The indoor plant identification process normally involves a brief insight about those plants, which are normally grown indoors. For most of the folks, the idea of identification of indoor plants normally comprises of them being labeled as yellow, red or plain pretty. For the other people, the process of plant identification normally involves the scientific name, the primary family and also most of the relatives of that plant. Irrespective of whether, it is simply done for impressing the visitors with a genuine interest in the world of indoor plant identification or with their plant knowledge, they would normally go great distances for knowing the names related to a particular plant.