The freeloaders: plants using plants
The plumbing system of plants
Climbing to the light: the vines
Living in the treetops: the epiphytes
Plant pirates: the parasites
Not enough water: the plants of deserts and seasonally arid places
The hot deserts: landforms and habitats
Plant strategies for desert survival: the hot deserts of North America
Hot deserts outside North America: the temperate deserts
Seasonal drought in Mediterranean climates
Seasonal drought in savannas
Rising from the ashes: plants and fire
Fire and vegetation in human times
Serpentine and salt: coping with toxic soils
Halophytes: plants that grow on salty soils
Too much water: plants of rivers, lakes, swamps, and margins of the sea
Plants with leaves that float on the surface
Plants with stems, leaves, and flowers that rise above the water
Plants of river flood zones
Too cold for trees: mountain and arctic plants
Alpine plants of temperate regions
Alpine plants of tropical mountains
Trees that shut down during severe continental winters
A love-hate relationship: plants and animals
How plants survive the onslaught
How seed plants reproduce
The complexities of flower pollination
Dispersal of seeds and fruits
The agents of seed dispersal
The tables turned: plants that eat animals
Mostly hidden relationships: plants, fungi, and bacteria
Plant evolution through the ages: an overview.
